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Datasets that list various boolean, categorical, and date data for elections and elected officials.
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How to handle online registration deadlines? #31

Open hodgesmr opened 6 years ago

hodgesmr commented 6 years ago

This is a question for @fpereyra re: the note:

we prefer to leave the dates blank for states with no real voter registration deadlines and instead include a note to further explain

How are you handling states that allow same-day registration at a polling place, but do have a hard deadline for online registration? For example, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa (and others) have same-day registration at the polls, but do have a hard deadline for online registration.

Since these CSVs have the column g2018_online_vr_deadline with the description:

the explicit deadline by which voters in the state must register to vote online in order to vote in the 2018 general election

Should those dates be kept in the CSV? Or only mention them in the note column?

AlJohri commented 6 years ago

@hodgesmr can you add a column for same day registration instead? seems like a not so uncommon thing worth marking explicitly

AlJohri commented 6 years ago

oops, it's already there in state_reference. thanks!