ElectionReport

Use ElectionReport as the root entity. It defines items that pertain to the status and format of the report and when it was generated.

ElectionReport includes the following major elements:

As with Election, ElectionReport "wraps" occurrences of the elements, except for Election, in container elements. This makes it easier to manipulate the instance files in XML viewers and editors.

Sometimes, it's important to preserve a particular ordering scheme of items, such as offices or political parties. In these cases, we expect the generating application to define those elements in accordance with any ordering scheme already in place.

Elements

The following table lists elements for ElectionReport:

Element Multiplicity Type Description
CommitteeCollection 0 or 1 N/A Wrapper element for Committee definitions. For more details, read Collection entities.
Election 0 or more Election Associates elections with the report.
ExternalIdentifiers 0 or 1 ExternalIdentifiers Associates an ID with the report.
Format 1 ReportDetailLevel Provides the detail level of the report, such as if it's a contest summary or precinct-level results.
GeneratedDate 1 dateTime Identifies the date and time that the election report was generated.
GpUnitCollection 0 or 1 N/A Wrapper element for GpUnit definitions. For more details, read Collection entities.
Issuer 1 string Identification of the report issuer.
IssuerAbbreviation 1 string An abbreviation for the report issuer, such as an abbreviation of the state or constituency for which results are being reported.
IsTest 0 or 1 boolean Indicates whether the report is a test report. If this element isn't present, the default value is false.
Notes 0 or 1 string Used to include an arbitrary message with the report.
OfficeCollection 0 or 1 N/A Wrapper element for Office definitions. For more details, read Collection entities.
PartyCollection 0 or 1 N/A Wrapper element for Party definitions. For more details, read Collection entities.
PersonCollection 0 or 1 N/A Wrapper element for Person definitions. For more details, read Collection entities.
SequenceStart 1 integer The report's number as part of a sequence of reports. This element is used with SequenceEnd to be read as, for example, "1 of 1", "1 of 2", or "2 of 2". Starts with 1.
SequenceEnd 1 integer The upper bound of a sequence of reports. For example, this is 1 if there's only one report, or 2 if there are two reports in the sequence.
Status 1 ResultsStatus Status of the election report, such as pre-election or unofficial.
TestType 0 or 1 string A description of the type of test, such as pre-election or logic and accuracy.
VendorApplicationID 1 string An identifier of the vendor application that generates the election report. For example, X-EMS version 3.1.a.

Examples

XML

    <ElectionReport xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <Election>…</Election>
      <GpUnitCollection>
        <GpUnit objectId="ru-gpu0">…</GpUnit>
        <GpUnit objectId="ru-gpu1">…</GpUnit>
      </GpUnitCollection>
      <OfficeCollection>
        <Office objectId="off0001a">…</Office>
      </OfficeCollection>
      <PartyCollection>
        <Party objectId="par001">…</Party>
        <Party objectId="par002">…</Party>
      </PartyCollection>
      <PersonCollection>
        <Person objectId="per001">…</Person>
        <Person objectId="per002">…</Person>
      </PersonCollection>
      <Issuer>Example Data Provider</Issuer>
      <IssuerAbbreviation>EDP</IssuerAbbreviation>
      <Format>summary-contest</Format>
      <GeneratedDate>2013-11-05T14:25:28</GeneratedDate>
      <Status>unofficial-partial</Status>
      <VendorApplicationId>Hand-Generated v0.1</VendorApplicationId>
      <SequenceStart>1</SequenceStart>
      <SequenceEnd>1</SequenceEnd>
    </ElectionReport>

JSON

    {
      "@type": "ElectionReport",
      "Election": [
        ...
      ],
      "GpUnitCollection": {
        "GpUnit": [
          {...},
          {...}
        ]
      },
      "OfficeCollection": {
        "Office": [
          {
            "objectId": "off0001a",
            ...
          }
        ]
      },
      "PartyCollection": {
        "Party": [
          {
            "objectId": "par001",
            ...
          },
          {
            "objectId": "par002",
            ...
          }
        ]
      },
      "PersonCollection": {
        "Person": [
          {
            "objectId": "per001",
            ...
          },
          {
            "objectId": "per002",
            ...
          }
        ]
      },
      "Issuer": "Example Data Provider",
      "IssuerAbbreviation": "EDP",
      "Format": "summary-contest",
      'GeneratedDate": "2013-11-05T14:25:28",
      "Status": "unofficial-partial",
      "VendorApplicationId": "Hand-Generated v0.1",
      "SequenceStart": 1,
      "SequenceEnd": 1
    }