Filename:	state_p12_absentees_by_p12_rrprec.zip

File URL:	http://statewidedatabase.org/pub/data/P12/state/state_p12_absentees_by_p12_rrprec.zip

Dataset:	2012 Primary Election Precinct Data

Description:	This file contains statewide registration data for registered voters that voted by absentee ballot.  

Unit of analysis:  RR precincts are derived from consolidated registration precincts and are a geographic unit constructed for statistical merging purposes by the Statewide Database. 

Data source:	Statewide Database - University of California, Berkeley

Technical documentation:	http://statewidedatabase.org/d10/Creating%20CA%20Official%20Redistricting%20Database.pdf

Codebook:	http://statewidedatabase.org/info/metadata/SOR_codebook.html

Date last modified:  Tue,17/Nov/2020

Previous versions:	Thu, 05 Jun 2014;	Fri, 14 Feb 2014 11:20:38 -0800
  Tue,17/Nov/2020
  Fri,13/Nov/2020
	Fri, 13 Feb 2015;

County records unavailable at time of file creation:	
011 - Colusa absentee voters were not reported, mail ballot file contains the VBM vote 
015 - Del Norte absentee voters were not reported, mail ballot file contains the VBM vote 
035 - Lassen absentee voters were not reported, mail ballot file contains the VBM vote
109 - Tuolumne absentee voters were not reported, mail ballot file contains the VBM vote

Errata 1:	There are discrepancies in totals in the rg, rr and sr precinct files for four counties
037 - Los Angeles rg file has 10 more absentee voters than the rr and sr files
053 - Monterey rg file has 1 more absentee voter than the rr and sr files
095 - Solano rg file has 118 more absentee voters than the rr and sr files         
099 - Stanislaus rg file has 55 more absentee voters than the rr and sr files

Errata 2: 
009 - Calaveras has a record of only 192 absentee votes. The mail ballot file has the remainder of the VBM vote
023 - Humboldt has a record of only 4 absentee votes. The mail ballot file has the remainder of the VBM vote
043 - Mariposa has a record of only 146 absentee votes. The mail ballot file has the remainder of the VBM vote
055 - Napa has a record of only 4 absentee votes. The mail ballot file has the remainder of the VBM vote
103 - Tehama has a record of only 2 absentee votes. The mail ballot file has the remainder of the VBM vote