Locality

The Locality object represents the jurisdiction below the State (e.g. county).

Tag	Data Type	Required?	Repeats?	Description	Error Handling
ElectionAdministrationId	xs:IDREF	Optional	Single	Links to the locality’s ElectionAdministration object.
ExternalIdentifiers	ExternalIdentifiers	Optional	Single	Another identifier for a locality that links to another dataset (e.g. OCD-ID)
IsMailOnly	xs:boolean	Optional	Single	Determines if the locality runs mail-only elections. If this is true, then all precincts a part of the locality will also run mail-only elections. Drop boxes may be used in addition to this flag using a polling location record configured as a Drop Box.	If the field is missing or invalid, the implementation is required to assume IsMailOnly is false.
Name	xs:string	Required	Single	Specifies the name of a locality.
PollingLocationIds	xs:IDREFS	Optional	Single	Specifies a link to a set of the locality’s :ref:`polling locations <multi-xml-polling-location>`s. If early vote centers or ballot drop locations are locality-wide, they should be specified here.
StateId	xs:IDREF	Required	Single	References the locality’s State.
Type	DistrictType	Optional	Single	Defines the kind of locality (e.g. county, town, et al.), which is one of the various DistrictType enumerations.
OtherType	xs:string	Optional	Single	Allows for defining a type of locality that falls outside the options listed in DistrictType.

<Locality id="loc70001">
  <ElectionAdministrationId>ea40001</ElectionAdministrationId>
  <ExternalIdentifiers>
    <ExternalIdentifier>
      <Type>ocd-id</Type>
      <Value>ocd-division/country:us/state:va/county:albemarle</Value>
    </ExternalIdentifier>
  </ExternalIdentifiers>
  <IsMailOnly>true</IsMailOnly>
  <Name>ALBEMARLE COUNTY</Name>
  <StateId>st51</StateId>
  <Type>county</Type>
</Locality>