# Elections

A collection of information about elections and voter information.

For a list of [methods](https://developers.google.com/civic-information/docs/v2/elections#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](https://developers.google.com/civic-information/docs/v2/elections/electionQuery)
:   List of available elections to query.

[voterInfoQuery](https://developers.google.com/civic-information/docs/v2/elections/voterInfoQuery)
:   Looks up information relevant to a voter based on the voter's registered address.