state

The State object includes state-wide election information. The ID attribute is recommended to be the state’s FIPS code, along with the prefix “st”.

Tag

Data Type

Required?

Repeats?

Description

Error Handling

election_administration_id

xs:IDREF

Optional

Single

Links to the state’s election administration object.

external_identifiers

external_identifiers

Optional

Single

Other identifier for the state that relates to another dataset (e.g. `OCD-ID`_).

name

xs:string

Required

Single

Specifiers the name of a state, such as Alabama.

polling_location_ids

xs:IDREFS

Optional

Single

Specifies a link to the state’s polling locations. If early vote centers or ballot drop locations are state-wide (e.g., anyone in the state can use them), they can be specified here, but you are encouraged to only use the precinct element.

1 id,election_administration_id,external_identifier_type,external_identifier_othertype,external_identifier_value,name,polling_location_ids
2 st51,ea123,ocd-id,,ocd-division/country:us/state:va,Virginia,