Illinois reporting unit, precincts_total = 0

[eads]

I have some code like this, which is causing an error because the Illinois and Cook County reporting unit precincts_total are 0:

        il = client.get_state('IL')
        for race in il.races:
            ilru = race.get_reporting_unit('Illinois1')
            if options['generate_random_data']:
                precincts_reporting = randint(1,ilru.precincts_total)

I went in with the my handy interactive debugger and found all other Illinois reporting units have non-zero precincts_total values.

[palewire]

Check out the race names for the ones where you're getting 0 precincts. My bet: They are races that are in other parts of the state besides Cook County (like Recorder of Deeds in Lake County), where 0 is what you'd expect.

[palewire]

We have an unfixed ticket where we proposed nuking these guys, but it's never been patched. If you're going to write the code anyway, consider including it here. https://github.com/datadesk/python-elections/issues/22

[eads]

I'll close this and see if I can contribute to fixing that ticket.