West Virginia

[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)
  • [ ] Delete the following fields
    • [x] record_number
    • [x] county_state
    • [ ] 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 the address in cells that have a PO box (this info is not needed, we need physical addresses to drop off your ballot)
  • [x] 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_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

[kcoronel]

Returning an Absentee Ballot After receiving an absentee ballot, the voter may simply vote and return the ballot to the County Clerk in the appropriate envelopes as soon as possible (or by hand delivery at the Clerk’s office).

If your first time voting will be absentee by mail, you must send a copy of one of the forms of valid ID listed below with your ballot.

• Valid ID for first time voters must show your current name and address in order to be accepted:
• Valid photo identification
• Utility bill
• Bank statement
• Government check
• Paycheck Any other official government document

Unless a voter is a military or overseas voter, the ballot must be mailed and postmarked by Election Day and received by the start of Canvass. For hand-delivery, absentee ballots must be delivered to the County Clerk's office by the day before Election Day. Although voters do not have to personally return his or her absentee ballot, no one person may deliver more than two voters' absentee ballots.

[kcoronel]

@Seymour100 Thanks for this! Can you please add emails to the data? Thanks! Clerk Directory

[Seymour100]

@kcoronel , no problem. Done. S

[aNullValue]

I have copied this state's data for review and import into the production database. Do not make any further changes to this state's data in Google Drive.