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Guidelines for contributing data

  • The basic format for a generated filename is as follows: date__state__{party}__{special}__election_type__{jurisdiction}{office}__{office_district}__{reporting_level}.format.
  • For example, the file containing precinct-level data for the March 6, 2018 primary election in Dallas County would be named 20180306__tx__primary__dallas__precinct.csv
  • Standard common office titles are: President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor (and other statewide officers), State Senate and State House. NB: Is it "State Senate" and "State House" or "State Senator" and "State Representative"?
  • Data files should have Unix-style line endings (\n), not DOS-style line endings (\r\n).
  • Data files should have a newline after the last line.
  • Don’t include "County" in the county name.
  • Don’t include "Precinct" in the name of the precinct.
  • For precincts with numbers in the name, remove any leading zeros (005 becomes 5).
  • There is no set order for candidates/races: even within the same election, the order of candidates can differ between counties.
  • Use the following row headers: county, precinct, office, district, party, candidate, votes. You may include row headers for early_voting, election_day, and provisional if the source file contains that data. Only include a column for winner if the winner is clearly indicated in the original data.