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We make official precinct-level election results into data. You can help. https://github.com/openelections/ openelections@gmail.com

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A hex map of the United States, titled "Progress of 2024 precinct data." Most states are still colored grey, indicating that our team hasn't yet cleaned and posted their precinct-level election results. 17 states are now bright pink, indicating that we HAVE collected, cleaned, and posted their data! Pink states are: MT, MN, SD, NH, IL, KY, TN, VA, DE, NC, SC, DC, FL, NM, OK, KS, and HI.

A hex map of the United States, titled "Progress of 2024 precinct data." Most states are still colored grey, indicating that our team hasn't yet cleaned and posted their precinct-level election results. 17 states are now bright pink, indicating that we HAVE collected, cleaned, and posted their data! Pink states are: MT, MN, SD, NH, IL, KY, TN, VA, DE, NC, SC, DC, FL, NM, OK, KS, and HI.

If you've been following our precinct-level data closely, you might have noticed some updates last week! We've now added Hawaii, New Mexico, and Kansas to the 2024 dataset. Check out all of our available states on our GitHub: buff.ly/k6S0zTU

30.07.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning election friends! We've just launched the 2024 report + data from the Survey of the Performance of American Elections, which examines voter experiences from the perspective of voters themselves. Find it here: buff.ly/F3OWNkP

21.07.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Good morning, election data nerds! Here's a Monday morning present for you: we've finished updating our county-level presidential election results dataset to include 2024. The full dataset (covering 2000-2024) is now available on our Dataverse: buff.ly/eUGYc1h

14.07.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Not sure, but with Oregon it might be the case that the hard part is linking precinct names to the actual maps.

09.07.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And a Missouri statewide precinct file 4 months ago: github.com/openelection...

09.07.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, we did publish a statewide Oregon file 5 months ago:

github.com/openelection...

09.07.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

If you’d like to help build one, join us!

18.06.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Federalism!

18.06.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There are some states where it might be possible to do this, but we would strongly discourage vibe coding this. It requires substantial domain knowledge.

18.06.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We have very, very bad news for you about the decentralized nature of election results.

More seriously, there are states and counties that do not post their precinct results online, and those who only post image PDFs, and those who demand payment for them.

18.06.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How OpenElections Uses LLMs – Derek Willis Academic and journalist

New post: How @openelections.bsky.social uses LLMs (it's mostly for handling image PDFs).

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09.06.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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openelections-data-tx/2024/counties at master Β· openelections/openelections-data-tx Pre-processed results for Texas elections. Contribute to openelections/openelections-data-tx development by creating an account on GitHub.

HALFWAY THERE: We've converted official precinct-level results from the 2024 general election for 127 Texas counties:

github.com/openelection...

#txlege

07.06.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a scan of a print out of a fax of a screenshot of a fax of a scan, basically.

A screenshot of a scan of a print out of a fax of a screenshot of a fax of a scan, basically.

Official 2024 general election results from Ward County, Texas.

07.06.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2024 General Election Precinct Results Β· Issue #458 Β· openelections/openelections-data-tx Using Tabula, OCR or whatever method you can, parse precinct-level results for the following counties. Original sources are in the sources-tx repository. The goal is to create a single CSV file for...

We've passed the 100-county mark for converting official precinct-level results from the 2024 general election in Texas:

github.com/openelection...

#txlege

04.06.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We have questions about the scanner/copier in the Ward County, Texas, clerk's office:

03.06.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do we know anyone who lives near Karnes County, Texas, and would be willing to go to the county clerk's office in Karnes City, fill out a form and pay $10 in cash for precinct-level election results?

Because that's what they've told us needs to happen.

02.06.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
2024 General Election Precinct Results Β· Issue #458 Β· openelections/openelections-data-tx Using Tabula, OCR or whatever method you can, parse precinct-level results for the following counties. Original sources are in the sources-tx repository. The goal is to create a single CSV file for...

We're 25% done converting official precinct-level results from the 2024 general election in Texas:

#66countiesdown

github.com/openelection...

30.05.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Actual 2024 official election results posted on the website of Dickens County, Texas:

28.05.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, but that's a summary file, not precinct results.

28.05.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gemini got close, but this is a tough one:

28.05.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of precinct-level election stats from the 2024 election in Borden County, Texas, showing the number of registered voters and votes cast by precinct.

It's low.

A screenshot of precinct-level election stats from the 2024 election in Borden County, Texas, showing the number of registered voters and votes cast by precinct. It's low.

Borden County, Texas, has a population of ~720 according to the Census Bureau. About two-thirds are registered to vote.

Turnout in 2024 was 16.4 percent.

In one precinct it was 7 percent.

27.05.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We'll try Gemini, our go-to for this kind of document.

27.05.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Never change, Collingsworth County, Texas:

(They probably never will)

27.05.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Just released: 🌡#Arizona 2024 General Election Precinct-Level Results! See how each precinct voted across all statewide races & ballot measures: tinyurl.com/RDH-2024-AZ-...

Shout out to @openelections.bsky.social‬ for initial collection and data processing!

#ElectionResults #OpenData #DataBsky

27.05.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2024 General Election Precinct Results Β· Issue #458 Β· openelections/openelections-data-tx Using Tabula, OCR or whatever method you can, parse precinct-level results for the following counties. Original sources are in the sources-tx repository. The goal is to create a single CSV file for...

We've converted official precinct-level results for 50 Texas counties from the 2024 general election. Track our progress and pitch in here:

github.com/openelection...

#txlege

24.05.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - openelections/clarify: Discover and parse results for jurisdictions that use Clarity-based election systems. Discover and parse results for jurisdictions that use Clarity-based election systems. - openelections/clarify

We've released an updated version of Clarify, our Python library that parses the XML produced by SOE Software (formerly Clarity Elections):

github.com/openelection...

24.05.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2024 General Election Precinct Results Β· Issue #458 Β· openelections/openelections-data-tx Using Tabula, OCR or whatever method you can, parse precinct-level results for the following counties. Original sources are in the sources-tx repository. The goal is to create a single CSV file for...

We're about 10% done converting official precinct-level results from the 2024 general election in Texas:

github.com/openelection...

Join us! DM or email in profile.

24.05.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We've added official precinct results for federal, statewide and state legislative races from the 2024 general election in New Mexico:

github.com/openelection...

14.05.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2024 General Election Precinct Results Β· Issue #458 Β· openelections/openelections-data-tx Using Tabula, OCR or whatever method you can, parse precinct-level results for the following counties. Original sources are in the sources-tx repository. The goal is to create a single CSV file for...

We've started converting official precinct-level results from the 2024 general election in Texas. 18 counties down, including Bexar. Find the data and track our progress here:

github.com/openelection...

#txlege

04.05.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We've published our first version of official precinct results for the 2024 general election in New Mexico. This file has statewide races (including constitutional amendments) & state legislative contests:

github.com/openelection...

23.04.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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