WA doesn't have polling locations

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WA is a VIP state but you're finding data from elsewhere and displaying 
gibberish ("559075")

http://pollinglocation.apis.google.com/?q=471-26%20GORE%20RD%20ONALASKA%20WA%209
8570&secretDebug=1

{"status":"SUCCESS","locations":[[{"dataset_id":-3,"election_id":2,"id":
        "wa:41-16","address":{"location_name":"","line1":"559075","line2":
          "Ethel","city":"","state":"wa","zip":""},"polling_hours":""}]],

Original issue reported on code.google.com by aaro...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 9:00

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Did WA ever fix their feed?

It prioritizes VIP over Catalist, so it would be displaying VIP if it could 
find it.

Anthea, this gibberish is coming from the match file, it lists crap in the 
polling location lines for WA

Original comment by dan...@google.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 9:27

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Does it not find the segment in VIP or does it not find the polling place? 
Because I'm fairly confident that this voter doesn't have a polling place...

Before Catalist was integrated, it would just show contests for this address, 
and that worked for everyone (I think).

I guess if NOI put in a drop location, people would be happier, but that seems 
like gravy at this point.

Original comment by aaro...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 9:38

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It finds no segment in find, it finds a segment in catalist, there is a polling 
location tied to the catalist data.
As a result, it returns the polling location from the catalist file, which 
turns out to be gibberish ;)
If the match file was updated to not have gibberish (drop those entries, 
whatever), it would do what you want :) 

Original comment by dan...@google.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 9:44

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sorry, i mean no segment in vip, but segment in catalist, and polling location 
tied to catalist.

Original comment by dan...@google.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 9:47

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Okay, you've convinced me. NOI is now the owner. Thanks for looking into.

Original comment by aaro...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 9:52

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Testing the address: 2864 Sherwood Dr SE Olympia, WA 98501

{"status":"SUCCESS","locations":[[{"dataset_id":-3,"election_id":2,"id":
        "wa:67-208","address":{"location_name":"","line1":"563003","line2":
          "OLYMPIA 08","city":"","state":"wa","zip":""},"polling_hours":""}]],
  "contests":[[{"dataset_id":-2,"election_id":2,"id":"us.wa.h-3","type":
        "general election","partisan":"false","primary_party":"",
        "electorate_specifications":"District 3","office":"U.S. House",
        "number_elected":1,"ballot_placement":330,"ballot":{"candidate":[{
              "id":61094,"name":"Jaime Herrera","party":"GOP",
              "order_on_ballot":2},{"id":61011,"name":"Denny Heck","party":
              "Dem","order_on_ballot":1}]}},{"dataset_id":-2,"election_id":
        2,"id":"us.wa.s-sw","type":"general election","partisan":"false",
        "primary_party":"","electorate_specifications":"","office":
        "U.S. Senate","number_elected":1,"ballot_placement":150,"ballot":{
          "candidate":[{"id":46399,"name":"Dino Rossi","party":"GOP",
              "order_on_ballot":2},{"id":1762,"name":"Patty Murray","party":
              "Dem","order_on_ballot":1}]}}]]}

NOI doesn't have any information in polling place address for any of 
Washington.  That number is coming from the feed.

Original comment by anthea.w...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 10:20

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Never mind.  We figured it out.  Fixing in the match file.

Original comment by anthea.w...@gmail.com on 29 Oct 2010 at 10:28

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Post-election issue cleanup.
FWIW, I had blocked WA data from being displayed in the API while the match 
file was being fixed to ... not contain any WA data :)
All told, other than aaron's queries, no WA data should ever have been 
displayed.

Original comment by dan...@google.com on 8 Nov 2010 at 10:03

• Changed state: Fixed