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Use ElectionAdministration to provide various information about an election
authority.
The Election entity references a
GpUnit that defines the scope of the
election. For example, if the scope of the election is a district, then
Election references the GpUnit entity that's defined for that district.
If the GpUnit has the type
ReportingUnit, we recommend
that you include an ElectionAdministration entity.
Elements
The following table shows the elements for ElectionAdministration:
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