Filename:	state_p16_absentees_by_p16_rrprec.dbf, state_p16_absentees_by_p16_rrprec.csv

File URL:	http://statewidedatabase.org/pub/data/P16/state/state_p16_absentees_by_p16_rrprec.zip

Dataset:	2016 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:  Wed,21/Oct/2020

Previous versions:	none
  Fri,18/Oct/2019
	Thu, 18 Jan 2018

County records unavailable at time of file creation:	none

Errata 1: Counties who reported all of their VBM voters in the mail ballot file 
009 - Calaveras absentee voters were not reported, the mail ballot file contains all of the county's VBM voters 
011 - Colusa absentee voters were not reported, the mail ballot file contains all of the county's VBM voters 
027 - Inyo absentee voters were not reported, the mail ballot file contains all of the county's VBM voters 
