Open carl3 opened 7 years ago
Because we do not currently implement a records retrieval capability, the alternative change would be more feasible. However, I would be interested in seeing if VIP provides such functionality, and how it is implemented. I also worry that this may make implementation more difficult.
Organization Name: Carl Hage
Organization Type: 4
Document: VoterRecordsInterchange
Reference: 3.1.6.18 The VoterRegistration Element
Comment: There may be 2 pending elections (e.g. LA has one in October & November), and the second election might require a new precinct split, e.g. for a proposed district formation or transfer. The precinct assignment for the first election might be different than for the second.
During redistricting, the district assignments may change. A current and upcoming election might have different congressional districts, for example.
A voter might move after registration closes for one election but before closing for a subsequent election. The voter would go to the poll location for the former address in election 1 and poll location for newly registered address for election 2.
Poll locations, precinct consolidation, and mail-ballot precinct status vary by election date. There can be 2 upcoming elections within the election cycle where poll locations are required to be final.
Suggested Change: Add an
<ElectionDate>
element to<VoterRegistration>
in a retrieval request to select a particular election, and to qualify the effective date for data returned in a response. (The response might give the effective election date to qualify the response even if no specific date was selected.)Alternative: Allow data for multiple upcoming elections or to distinguish election-specific content by creating an
<ElectionDate>
element with multiple instances allowed to contain response data qualified by each active upcoming (or past) election. (Using a single selected or reporting date seems simpler.)Note, it can be useful to report the scheduled future election dates for a voter, along with the list of districts.