AI-generated Key Takeaways
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This resource provides information about elections, including the election's unique ID, name, date, and political division.
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Users can access details about specific elections by querying with available methods.
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The resource also offers voter information based on registered address using the voterInfoQuery method.
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Representations of the election data are provided in JSON format for easy integration.
A collection of information about elections and voter information.
For a list of methods for this resource, see the end of this page.
Resource representations
Information about the election that was queried.
{
"id": long,
"name": string,
"electionDay": string,
"ocdDivisionId": string
}| Property name | Value | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
electionDay |
string |
Day of the election in YYYY-MM-DD format. | |
id |
long |
The unique ID of this election. | |
name |
string |
A displayable name for the election. | |
ocdDivisionId |
string |
The political division of the election. Represented as an OCD Division ID. Voters within these political jurisdictions are covered by this election. This is typically a state such as ocd-division/country:us/state:ca or for the midterms or general election the entire US (i.e. ocd-division/country:us). |
Methods
- electionQuery
- List of available elections to query.
- voterInfoQuery
- Looks up information relevant to a voter based on the voter's registered address.