Revision history

November 1, 2024

  • Update EmptyText validator rule to raise an error instead of a warning.

August 26, 2024

  • Update the OfficeLevel enum to add detailed descriptions.

July 17, 2024

July 10, 2024

  • Adding recommendations for the 'FeedInactiveDate' and SourceDirPath

June 24, 2024

  • Update PartyId to allow for multiple PartyIds for Candidate and Person entities.

June 21, 2024

May 14, 2024

  • Clean the PartyContest entity to only include the relevant elements PartyContest.
  • Added updated definitions for ElectionDateStatus enum values, particularly, tentative and changing.

May 1, 2024

  • Clarified the definition for the IsIndependent element for Party.

April 29, 2024

  • Update FeedType enum and FeedLongevity enum to use lower case values in their respective reference pages.

April 17, 2024

  • Added an IsIndependent element to the reference page for Party.

February 12, 2024

  • Added documentation throughout the site for the new Metadata feed.

January 9, 2024

January 3, 2024

July 24, 2023

  • Added Committee type for Political Committees and a corresponding feed type

January 20, 2023

  • Added a Slogan element to the reference page for Party.
  • Added a CampaignSlogan element to the reference page for Candidate.

November 17, 2022

December 30, 2021

  • Added a PartialDate section to the Simple Data Types page, as well as updating some of the table fields.

December 27, 2021

  • Modified content within the CandidateContest section of the Contest page to support only one office per contest, as well as updating some of the XML examples.

October 15, 2021

  • Added ExternalIdentifier section to the reference page for Candidate.

August 20, 2021

February 26, 2021

  • Added an example to the Term reference page on how to represent the tenure of reelected officeholders in an Officeholder feed.

February 24, 2021

  • Added information about party-chair-id to the Party reference material.

February 18, 2021

  • Added a diagram to the CandidatePreElectionStatus reference material that illustrates the timing of statuses.

December 14, 2020

  • Added Guides pages that describe the available feed types. Updated the Reference pages to provide best practices to follow for most entities.