BallotInfo

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A complete Ballot for a certain election.

Fields

  • audit_header
    • type: Type of BallotInfo record this is. One of:
      • jurisdiction-slate: descriptive information about a particular vote event for a particular jurisdiction
      • precinct-contestlist: For one Precinct, this BallotInfo describes the Contests
      • single-cast-ballot: result of analysis of a single, actually cast ballot
      • ballot-counter-total: result of the analysis of a batch of ballots by a ballot counter
      • jurisdiction_info: maps one or more precincts to their assigned districts
      • ballot_config: Details about a single ballot. Self contained. Used as input to ballot rendering of different kinds.
  • ballot_info
    • display_name: Textual Name for this particular election
    • jurisdiction: Textual name for this jurisdiction (present only in jurisdiction-slate)
    • contest_list: List of contests
      • display_name: Name of contest
      • ident: Unique ID of contest (prefix: CONT-)
      • display_order: Order in which contest should be displayed
      • district_ident: District of contest (prefix: DIST-)
      • candidates: List of candidates in contest
        • display_name: Name of candidate
        • ident: Unique ID of candidate (prefix: CAND-)
        • party_ident: Unique ID of party (prefix: PART-)
        • party_display_name: Name of party
        • order: Order in which candidate should be displayed
      • max_votes: Number of choices allowed
      • rules: Additional ballot rules?
    • question_list: List of questions
      • display_name: Name / title of question
      • district_ident: District of question (prefix: DIST-)
      • question: Text of question
    • number_of_precincts: Number of precincts (used in reporting, present only in jurisdiction-slate & ballot-counter-total)
    • precinct_list: List of precincts (present in jurisdiction-slate, jurisdiction_info)
      • display_name: Name of precinct
      • ident: Unique ID of precinct (prefix: PREC-)
      • district_list: List of districts this precinct falls under
        • display_name: Name of district
        • ident: Unique ID of district (prefix: DIST-)
      • registered_voters: Number of voters registered in precinct
      • voting places: List of voting places
        • ballot_counters: Number of ballot counters in voting place
        • ident: Unique ID of voting place (prefix: VPLC-)
    • prec_ident: ballot counter's precinct (used in collecting results, only in ballot-counter-total)
    • registered_voters: The number of voters registered in the current precinct (only in ballot-counter-total)
    • vote_type: The specific type of voting used in this sample, Polling, Absentee, Early Voting, Other (only in ballot-counter-total)

Different Types of BallotInfo

When a BallotInfo record of type jursdiction-slate appears (notated as BallotInfo/jurisdiction-slate), it will include a list of all the precincts that exist in that jurisdiction, plus a count of those. The count is simply the length of that list. Also, within the included ContestInfo subrecord, we also have the min_ and max_ votes. The idea is that the jurisdiction_slate describes the 'logical' election, against which everything can be checked.

When a BallotInfo/ballot-counter-total record appears, then we see the cards_cast and ballot_counter_precinct, because it represents the output from a single ballot counting machine, located in a specific precinct. We need to know the total number of cards cast in that precinct. Also then, within the ContestInfo subrecord, we have the counts of blank, over and under votes, for each contest.

Recall that the Tabulator combines multiple BallotInfo/ballotcounter-total records into consolidated files, but the BallotInfo records are not merged and added up, they retain their own identity. That's why each BallotInfo/ballotcounter-total can specify a single precinct and set of totals. We always know what machine it came from (which probably should be recorded in the record too, but that's for later.)

Example Record 

 Audit-header:
   file_id: 67BDCD2425A611DFBD79002564B02F34
   create_date: 2-MAR-2010 02:50:47
   type: jurisdiction_slate
   operator: Pito Salas
   hardware: TTV Tabulator TAB02
   software: TTV Tabulator 0.1 JUL-1-2008
   provenance: 
 
 
 contest_list:
 - candidates:
   - {display_name: Leon Hood, ident: CAND-855, party_ident: PART-8}
   - {display_name: Lynn Knox, ident: CAND-183, party_ident: PART-4}
   - {display_name: Write-In Votes, ident: CAND-000, party_ident: PART-0}
   display_name: State Representative
   district_ident: DIST-2
   ident: StateRep8thHouse
 - candidates:
   - {display_name: Greg Dunlap, ident: CAND-788, party_ident: PART-4}
   - {display_name: Suzanne Cantu, ident: CAND-825, party_ident: PART-2}
   - {display_name: Write-In Votes, ident: CAND-000, party_ident: PART-0}
   display_name: Supreme Court Justice
   district_ident: DIST-4
   ident: JustSupCrt
 - candidates:
   - {display_name: Terry Wright, ident: CAND-644, party_ident: PART-5}
   - {display_name: Katie Cabrera, ident: CAND-136, party_ident: PART-3}
   - {display_name: Kathryn Olson, ident: CAND-913, party_ident: PART-4}
   - {display_name: Write-In Votes, ident: CAND-000, party_ident: PART-0}
   display_name: State Representative
   district_ident: DIST-2
   ident: StateRep3rdHouse
 - candidates:
   - {display_name: Thelma Sherman, ident: CAND-732, party_ident: PART-2}
   - {display_name: Joe Wilkerson, ident: CAND-560, party_ident: PART-9}
   - {display_name: Elsie Orr, ident: CAND-439, party_ident: PART-1}
   - {display_name: Write-In Votes, ident: CAND-000, party_ident: PART-0}
   display_name: Representative in Congress
   district_ident: DIST-4
   ident: Rep8thDistrict
 - candidates:
   - {display_name: Troy Hurst, ident: CAND-502, party_ident: PART-8}
   - {display_name: Kim Howard, ident: CAND-926, party_ident: PART-5}
   - {display_name: Dan Austin, ident: CAND-918, party_ident: PART-1}
   - {display_name: Amber Swanson, ident: CAND-499, party_ident: PART-3}
   - {display_name: Write-In Votes, ident: CAND-000, party_ident: PART-0}
   display_name: Representative in Congress
   district_ident: DIST-4
   ident: Rep3rdDistrict
 - candidates:
   - {display_name: Darlene Hancock, ident: CAND-550, party_ident: PART-7}
   - {display_name: Ellen Davidson, ident: CAND-214, party_ident: PART-7}
   - {display_name: Write-In Votes, ident: CAND-000, party_ident: PART-0}
   display_name: State Representative
   district_ident: DIST-4
   ident: StateRep9thHouse
 - candidates:
   - {display_name: Matthew Spears, ident: CAND-419, party_ident: PART-7}
   - {display_name: Wesley Macdonald, ident: CAND-562, party_ident: PART-2}
   - {display_name: Cory Obrien, ident: CAND-823, party_ident: PART-8}
   - {display_name: Beverly Rose, ident: CAND-486, party_ident: PART-2}
   - {display_name: Write-In Votes, ident: CAND-000, party_ident: PART-0}
   display_name: Representative in Congress
   district_ident: DIST-4
   ident: Rep6thDistrict
 - candidates:
   - {display_name: Marsha Beard, ident: CAND-904, party_ident: PART-2}
   - {display_name: Terry Fitzpatrick, ident: CAND-317, party_ident: PART-2}
   - {display_name: Jean Simmons, ident: CAND-900, party_ident: PART-4}
   - {display_name: Vickie Mayer, ident: CAND-107, party_ident: PART-8}
   - {display_name: Write-In Votes, ident: CAND-000, party_ident: PART-0}
   display_name: Representative in Congress
   district_ident: DIST-4
   ident: Rep1stDistrict
 - candidates:
   - {display_name: Jessie Bernard, ident: CAND-123, party_ident: PART-2}
   - {display_name: Patsy Valenzuela, ident: CAND-564, party_ident: PART-2}
   - {display_name: Clinton Levine, ident: CAND-641, party_ident: PART-6}
   - {display_name: Melanie Harmon, ident: CAND-159, party_ident: PART-5}
   - {display_name: Write-In Votes, ident: CAND-000, party_ident: PART-0}
   display_name: Representative in Congress
   district_ident: DIST-4
   ident: Rep5thDistrict
 - candidates:
   - {display_name: Nelson Dorsey, ident: CAND-966, party_ident: PART-4}
   - {display_name: Sharon Harris, ident: CAND-147, party_ident: PART-5}
   - {display_name: Marian Kane, ident: CAND-505, party_ident: PART-6}
   - {display_name: Paula Maxwell, ident: CAND-527, party_ident: PART-7}
   - {display_name: Write-In Votes, ident: CAND-000, party_ident: PART-0}
   display_name: Representative in Congress
   district_ident: DIST-3
   ident: Rep7thDistrict
 display_name: 2000 Presidential
 jurisdiction_display_name: juris1
 number_of_precincts: 8
 precinct_list:
 - display_name: 7265
   district_list:
   - {display_name: City of Random, ident: DIST-1}
   - {display_name: State House District 11, ident: DIST-3}
   ident: PREC-1
   registered_voters: 934
   voting places:
   - {ballot_counters: 5, ident: VLPC-1}
 - display_name: 8667
   district_list:
   - {display_name: City of Random, ident: DIST-1}
   - {display_name: State House District 12, ident: DIST-4}
   ident: PREC-2
   registered_voters: 1069
   voting places:
   - {ballot_counters: 3, ident: VLPC-2}
 - display_name: 7701
   district_list:
   - {display_name: City of Random, ident: DIST-1}
   - {display_name: Random Creek Drainage District, ident: DIST-2}
   - {display_name: State House District 12, ident: DIST-4}
   ident: PREC-3
   registered_voters: 1030
   voting places:
   - {ballot_counters: 4, ident: VLPC-3}
 - display_name: 4846
   district_list:
   - {display_name: State House District 11, ident: DIST-3}
   ident: PREC-4
   registered_voters: 982
   voting places:
   - {ballot_counters: 3, ident: VLPC-4}
 - display_name: 3445
   district_list:
   - {display_name: Random Creek Drainage District, ident: DIST-2}
   - {display_name: State House District 11, ident: DIST-3}
   ident: PREC-5
   registered_voters: 900
   voting places:
   - {ballot_counters: 1, ident: VLPC-5}
 - display_name: 3062
   district_list:
   - {display_name: City of Random, ident: DIST-1}
   - {display_name: Random Creek Drainage District, ident: DIST-2}
   - {display_name: State House District 12, ident: DIST-4}
   ident: PREC-6
   registered_voters: 997
   voting places:
   - {ballot_counters: 1, ident: VLPC-6}
 - display_name: 8455
   district_list:
   - {display_name: Random Creek Drainage District, ident: DIST-2}
   ident: PREC-7
   registered_voters: 977
   voting places:
   - {ballot_counters: 2, ident: VLPC-7}
 - display_name: 6931
   district_list:
   - {display_name: State House District 12, ident: DIST-4}
   ident: PREC-8
   registered_voters: 1093
   voting places:
   - {ballot_counters: 1, ident: VLPC-8}
 registered_voters: 7982
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