Data dictionary: Voting rules

This document lists data points collected by Ballotpedia related to vote by mail and in-person voting for statewide elections. Ballotpedia defines statewide elections as elections meeting the following criteria: all voters in the state can participate, and all offices or measures up for election are at either the state or federal level.

Data points are per-election, which may include statewide primaries, major party presidential preference primaries, general elections, and any applicable runoffs.

Election Date

Depending on your subscription, you may see local election dates included with these basic attributes, but without the voting rules data provided for statewide elections (vote in person or vote by mail rules).

• election_date

• state

• district_type

• election_type

• election_description

Vote by Mail

Absentee/mail-in voting requirements

• vote_by_mail:_in-person_request_deadline

• vote_by_mail:_online_request_deadline

• vote_by_mail:_mail_request_deadline

• vote_by_mail:_mail_request_deadline_type

• vote_by_mail:_in-person_return_deadline

• vote_by_mail:_mail_return_deadline

• vote_by_mail:_mail_return_deadline_type

Vote in Person

Voter ID requirements

• types_of_voter_id_accepted

• required_materials_url_english

• required_materials_url_spanish

• voter_id_required_for_all

• voter_id_source_english

• voter_id_source_spanish

• required_materials

Voter registration requirements

• In-person deadline

• Mail deadline

• Mail registration deadline type

• Online deadline

• Election Day registration

• Registration status URL English

• Registration status URL Spanish

• Registration update URL English

• Registration update URL Spanish

• Register online URL English

• Register online URL Spanish

Early voting

• Early voting start date

• Early voting end date

Polling information

• Poll times

• Voting location URL English

• Voting location URL Spanish

• Voter info URL English

• Voter info URL Spanish