electoral_district

The ElectoralDistrict object represents the geographic area in which contests are held. Examples of ElectoralDistrict include: “the state of Maryland”, “Virginia’s 5th Congressional District”, or “Union School District”. The geographic area that comprises a ElectoralDistrict is defined by which precincts link to the ElectoralDistrict.

Tag

Data Type

Required?

Repeats?

Description

Error Handling

external_identifiers

external_identifiers

Optional

Single

Other identifiers that link to external datasets (e.g. `OCD-IDs`_)

name

xs:string

Required

Single

Specifies the electoral area’s name.

number

xs:integer

Optional

Single

Specifies the district number of the district (e.g. 34, in the case of the 34th State Senate District). If a number is not applicable, instead of leaving the field blank, leave this field out of the object; empty strings are not valid for xs:integer fields.

type

district_type

Required

Single

Specifies the type of electoral area.

other_type

xs:string

Optional

Single

Allows for cataloging a new district_type option when Type is specified as “other”.

 
1 id,external_identifier_type,external_identifier_othertype,external_identifier_value,name,number,type,other_type
2 ed001,ocd-id,,ocd-division/country:us/state:ny/borough:brooklyn,Brooklyn,1,borough,
3 ed002,other,community-board,4,CB 4,2,other,community-board