Montana

[Arjayellis]

Overview

The database or data has some formatting or other issues that need to be resolved before it can be imported.

Action Items

• [X] Data Collection Design
  • [X] Review Secretary of State Website
  • [X] Call a County starting from the first until you reach one that can validate the data with you.
    • [X] Checking the data that we have is correct
    • [X] Gathering data for fields that are empty
    • [X] Asking if there is anything else we should know
  • [X] Update Location Validation Test Sheet
  • [X] Edit the issue Action Items to reflect findings
• [x] Data Scientist/Scrapers
  • [x] Add the following columns to your data schema
    • [x] display_notes
    • [x] where
    • [x] start_date
    • [x] accessibility
    • [x] state_2 (instructions to follow below)
  • [x] Delete the following fields
    • [x] record_number
    • [x] county_state
    • [x] name
    • [x] social
    • [x] scraper
    • [x] locations_copy
    • [x] volunteers_scraper_copy
  • [x] Rename the following fields
    • [x] ballot_dropoff_location to has_dropoff_location
    • [x] validate_url to source_data
  • [ ] Remove all PO box locations (addresses only in each individual cell - not the row)
  • [ ] If Hours are available add them to the sheet by using the following convention (removing any info about days they are closed e.g. closed sat and sun, unless it refers to a specific date they are closed): MONDAY-FRIDAY:1:00 PM-4:30PM or Monday-Friday:7:00-12:00
• [x] Address fields needs to be broken up into individual components (address_1 and address_2)

  • address_1 = Street name and address #
  • address_2 = suite # or room #, etc
  • city = city name
  • state = state name spelled out
  • state_2 = two letter abbreviation for the address (for some states the location is in a different state than the voting district (crazy I know. But this is why there is a state field seperate which is supposed to be the state spelled out and that is the jurisdiction not the physical location)

Resources

Google Sheet

[Arjayellis]

@bartleyn Are you able to add the hours here? https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/72b87ad8-cd25-4fd4-a34a-08be5076c0f1/downloads/2020%20Primary%20Ballot%20Drop%20Off%20Locations%20and%20Hou.pdf?ver=1590505306933

[bartleyn]

Data has been updated with hours and new locations according to the primary ballot drop-off locations linked above

[aNullValue]

Montana has been processed