000000000000000000000000000000 Lane County Election Results 02/03/2004 0000000008300000000000000000 PRECINCTS COUNTED - TOTAL PRECINCTS COUNTED - TOTAL 001000100830000000000017946500 REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL VOTERS 0015001008300000000000 00 BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL BALLOTS CAST 001500100000000000000000000000 BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL BALLOTS CAST 100000100830000000000000000001 MEASURE 30 YES 100000200830000000000000000001 MEASURE 30 NO 100000300830000000000000000001 MEASURE 30 OVER VOTES 100000400830000000000000000001 MEASURE 30 UNDER VOTES 1.......10........20........30........40........50........60........70........80........90.......100.......110.......120.......130.......140.......150 The ruler is for your convenience and will not be included in the actual results text file. Everything listed below is documentation on the record layouts and will not be included in the results file. Fields may have a different meaning depending on the record type. The differences are listed below. FILE LAYOUT --------------------------- Line 1 is the TITLE record --> 'Lane County Election Results 02/03/2004' in this sample. Line 2 is the PRECINCTS COUNTED record --> 83 in this sample. Line 3 is the REGISTERED VOTERS record --> 179465 in this sample. Line 4 is the BALLOTS CAST record --> 0 in this sample. Line 5 is the ABSENTEE BALLOTS CAST record (not applicable in Oregon because everyone votes by mail). Lines 6+ are the RESULTS records. RESULTS RECORD LAYOUT --------------------- There are multiple result records for every contest on the ballot: one for each candidate or response (YES and NO for this example) plus one record for overvotes and one undervotes. There may be additional records for write-ins. In our example, there are 4 result records for the contest called 'MEASURE 30': yes, no, undervotes, overvotes (see glossary below for an explanation of terms that may be unfamiliar). Position Length Field Description -------- ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 4 Office (Contest) Number --> in the above sample, Measure 30 is '1000'. 5 3 Candidate Number, Position Number --> on line 6 it is '001', on line 7, '002', etc. 8 4 Total number of precincts for this office --> '0083' in this sample 12 7 Number of votes counted for this candidate --> '0000000' in this sample 19 4 Number of precincts counted for this office --> '0000' in this sample 23 3 Total number of absentee precincts for this office --> '000' in this sample 26 3 Number of absentee precincts counted for this office --> '000' in this sample 29 2 Votes allowed for this office (ie., 3 open board positions) --> '01' in this sample 31 3 Party code for this office --> ' ' (3 spaces) in this sample 34 3 District category for this office --> ' ' (3 spaces) in this sample 37 4 District number for this office --> ' ' (4 spaces) in this sample 41 56 Name of this contest --> 'MEASURE 30' in this sample 97 38 Name of this candidate --> 'YES' on line 6, 'NO' on line 7, etc. 135 25 District name for this office --> blank in this sample RECORD LAYOUT DIFFERENCES: Record Position Length Field Description ---------------- -------- ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 - REGISTRATION 12 7 Number of registered voters --> 0179465 in this sample 4 - BALLOTS CAST 12 7 Number of ballots counted --> 0000000 in this sample 5 - BALLOTS CAST 12 7 Number of absentee ballots counted --> 0000000 in this sample *GLOSSARY OF TERMS -------------------------------------------------------- Overvotes: When more than the maximum number of possibilites allowed are voted on a specific contest. Undervotes: When nothing is voted for on a specific contest.