OfficeScope
entities are used to specify which offices an ElectionEvent
and
OfficeholderSubFeed
entity correspond to.
Elements
Examples
The following example is a Feed
that contains an ElectionEvent
with
OfficeScope
. It indicates that the Feed
contains (or is expected to contain)
data about a set of one or more elections to elect the national-level President,
one or more Lower House seats, and one or more Upper House seats:
XML
<OfficeScope> <DebugName>Scope of US general election</DebugName> <OfficeLevel>Country</OfficeLevel> <JurisdictionOcdId>ocd-division/country:us</JurisdictionOcdId> <OfficeRoles>president</OfficeRoles> <OfficeRoles>lower house</OfficeRoles> <OfficeRoles>upper house</OfficeRoles> </OfficeScope>
JSON
{ "OfficeScope": { "DebugName": "Scope of US general election", "OfficeLevel": "Country", "JurisdictionOcdId": "ocd-division/country:us", "OfficeRoles": [ "president", "lower house", "upper house" ] } }
The same ElectionEvent
can contain additional OfficeScope
entities that
indicate several state-level elections within Virginia and Pennsylvania for
different state-level roles:
XML
<OfficeScope> <DebugName>Virginia election scope</DebugName> <OfficeLevel>Administrative Area 1</OfficeLevel> <JurisdictionOcdId>ocd-division/country:us/state:va</JurisdictionOcdId> <OfficeRoles>attorney general</OfficeRoles> <OfficeRoles>state executive</OfficeRoles> </OfficeScope> <OfficeScope> <DebugName>Pennsylvania election scope</DebugName> <OfficeLevel>Administrative Area 1</OfficeLevel> <JurisdictionOcdId>ocd-division/country:us/state:pa</JurisdictionOcdId> <OfficeRoles>state lower house</OfficeRoles> <OfficeRoles>state upper house</OfficeRoles> <OfficeRoles>state executive</OfficeRoles> </OfficeScope>
JSON
{ "OfficeScope": { "DebugName": "Virginia election scope", "OfficeLevel": "Administrative Area 1", "JurisdictionOcdId": "ocd-division/country:us/state:va", "OfficeRoles": [ "attorney general", "state executive" ] } } { "OfficeScope": { "DebugName": "Pennsylvania election scope", "OfficeLevel": "Administrative Area 1", "JurisdictionOcdId": "ocd-division/country:us/state:pa", "OfficeRoles": [ "state lower house", "state upper house", "state executive" ] } }
The ElectionEvent
can, if needed, contain OfficeScope
entities that specify
the electoral districts voting for the listed office role:
XML
<OfficeScope> <DebugName>US general election scope</DebugName> <OfficeLevel>National</OfficeLevel> <JurisdictionOcdId>ocd-division/country:us</JurisdictionOcdId> <OfficeRoles>upper house</OfficeRoles> <ElectoralDistrictCollection> <OcdId>ocd-division/country:us/state:ar</OcdId> <OcdId>ocd-division/country:us/state:ca</OcdId> <OcdId>ocd-division/country:us/state:ct</OcdId> <OcdId>ocd-division/country:us/state:de</OcdId> <OcdId>ocd-division/country:us/state:fl</OcdId> </ElectoralDistrictCollection> </OfficeScope>
JSON
{ "OfficeScope": { "DebugName" : "US general election scope", "OfficeLevel": "National", "JurisdictionOcdId": "ocd-division/country:us", "OfficeRoles": "upper house", "ElectoralDistrictCollection": { "OcdId" : [ "ocd-division/country:us/state:ar", "ocd-division/country:us/state:ca", "ocd-division/country:us/state:ct", "ocd-division/country:us/state:de", "ocd-division/country:us/state:fl" ] } } }