ElectionAdministration

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• ElectionAdministration provides information about an election authority, including contact details and associated officials, within pre-election data and election results feeds.

• This entity is linked to an Election entity, which in turn defines the geographical scope of the election through a GpUnit.

• It is recommended to include ElectionAdministration when the GpUnit has the type ReportingUnit to ensure comprehensive election data.

• The entity contains elements like ContactInformation, ElectionOfficialPersonIds, and Name to store relevant election authority details.

• ElectionAdministration is not used with officeholder feeds, focusing solely on pre-election and election results data.

Use ElectionAdministration to provide various information about an election authority.

Note: This entity is the same for the pre-election data and election results feed types. It isn't used with officeholder feeds.

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:

Element	Multiplicity	Type	Description
ContactInformation	0 or 1	ContactInformation	Provides contact information for the election authority.
ElectionOfficialPersonIds	0 or 1	IDREFS	Unique identifier for one or more Person elements that are defined for individuals associated with the election authority.
Name	0 or 1	string	The name of the election authority.

Examples

XML

    <ElectionAdministration>
      <ContactInformation label="ci60001">
        <AddressLine>Viad. Tlalpan 100</AddressLine>
        <AddressLine>Arenal Tepepan</AddressLine>
        <AddressLine>14610 Ciudad de México, CDMX</AddressLine>
        <AddressLine>Mexico</AddressLine>
        <Name>Instituto Nacional Electoral</Name>
        <Phone annotation="domestic">01 800 433 2000</Phone>
        <Phone annotation="usa">1 [phone]</Phone>
        <Phone annotation="collect">[phone]</Phone>
      </ContactInformation>
      <ElectionOfficialPersonIds>per00521</ElectionOfficialPersonIds>
    </ElectionAdministration>

JSON

    "ElectionAdministration": {
      "ContactInformation": {
        "label": "ci60001",
        "AddressLine": [
          "Viad. Tlalpan 100",
          "Arenal Tepepan",
          "14610 Ciudad de México, CDMX",
          "Mexico"
        ],
        "Name": "Instituto Nacional Electoral",
        "Phone": [
          {
            "annotation": "domestic",
            "value": "01 800 433 2000"
          },
          {
            "annotation": "usa",
            "value": "1 [phone]"
          },
          {
            "annotation": "collect",
            "value": "[phone]"
          }
        ]
      },
      "ElectionOfficialPersonIds": ["per00521"]
    }