Featuring OpenElections data from Oregon and parts of Indiana and Michigan!

2024, Collingsworth County, Texas: github.com/openelection...

It's not quite finished yet, but we've rolled out an updated version of openelections.net that focuses on the latest updates to our data and has individual state pages. Kick the tires and let us know what you think!

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

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

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

I mean, we did publish a statewide Oregon file 5 months ago: github.com/openelection...

New post: How @openelections.bsky.social uses LLMs (it's mostly for handling image PDFs). thescoop.org/archives/202...

HALFWAY THERE: We've converted official precinct-level results from the 2024 general election for 127 Texas counties: github.com/openelection... #txlege

Official 2024 general election results from Ward County, Texas.

We've passed the 100-county mark for converting official precinct-level results from the 2024 general election in Texas: github.com/openelection... #txlege

We have questions about the scanner/copier in the Ward County, Texas, clerk's office:

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.

We're 25% done converting official precinct-level results from the 2024 general election in Texas: #66countiesdown github.com/openelection...

Actual 2024 official election results posted on the website of Dickens County, Texas:

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.

Never change, Collingsworth County, Texas: (They probably never will)

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Want to help us tackle one of our biggest states: Texas? We don't have all of the official source files yet, but we do have some and you can get started converting them into CSV files: github.com/openelection...

Our statewide 2024 general election precinct results file for Mississippi was missing three precincts from Webster County; the state has updated their results and so have we. github.com/openelection...

We've published our statewide official precinct results file from the 2024 general election in Missouri: github.com/openelection...

We've updated our Michigan statewide precinct file to account for inconsistencies in the way some counties reported precinct results by vote method (they appeared to skip some of the precincts entirely). Our vote totals for statewide candidates now match the state's. github.com/openelection...

We've published our 2024 general election statewide precinct results file for Colorado: github.com/openelection... #copol

We've completed converting official precinct-level results for the 2024 general election in Oregon. Thanks to our volunteers for pitching in to make this happen. Next up: Utah! #orpol #utpol github.com/openelection...

We've produced our statewide precinct results file for the 2024 general election in Mississippi: github.com/openelection... This covers federal & countywide offices, with one exception: we don't have a complete file for Webster County, where we are missing some results in 3 precincts.

Feb. 14 update on converting official precinct results from the 2024 election: Done: MI, GA MS: 81 of 82 counties (+1) KY: 109/120 PA: 63/67 IN: 21/92 AZ: 10/15 OR: 29/36 (+5) NJ: 9/21 Interested in helping? github.com/orgs/openele...

Feb. 10 update on converting official precinct results from the 2024 election: Done: MI, GA MS: 80 of 82 counties KY: 109/120 PA: 63/67 IN: 21/92 (+2) AZ: 10/15 OR: 24/36 (+12) NJ: 9/21 Interested in helping? github.com/orgs/openele...

Jan. 31 update on converting official precinct results from the 2024 election: Done: MI MS: 80 of 82 counties (+1) KY: 109/120 PA: 63/67 (+8) IN: 19/92 (+3) AZ: 10/15 (+1) OR: 12/36 (+4) NJ: 9/21 Interested in helping? github.com/orgs/openele...

Thanks to our volunteers, we've now converted official precinct-level 2024 election results from 63 of 67 counties in Pennsylvania! We are missing results from these counties: Cameron Clarion Sullivan Warren We've reached out them, but if you have official precinct results, send them our way!

Jan. 24 update on converting official precinct results from the 2024 general election: Done: MI MS: 79 of 82 counties KY: 109/120 counties PA: 55/67 counties (+12) IN: 16/92 counties AZ: 9/15 counties OR: 8/36 counties NJ: 9/21 counties Interested in helping? github.com/orgs/openele...

Sure, you've see official results, but have you seen "official reults"?

Jan. 21 update on converting official precinct results from the 2024 general election: Done: MI MS: 79 of 82 counties KY: 109/120 counties (+12) PA: 43/67 counties (+10) IN: 16/92 counties AZ: 9/15 counties OR: 8/36 counties NJ: 9/21 counties Interested in helping? github.com/orgs/openele...

Jan. 18 update on converting official precinct results from the 2024 general election: Done: MI MS: 79 of 82 counties KY: 97/120 counties (+4) PA: 33/67 counties (+9) IN: 16/92 counties AZ: 9/15 counties OR: 8/36 counties NJ: 9/21 counties Interested in helping? github.com/orgs/openele...

Can you copy and paste from one spreadsheet to another? Then you can help us turn official precinct-level election results Erie County, PA, into our CSV data format! Grab the file here: github.com/openelection... Instructions here: github.com/openelection...

Jan. 17 update on converting official precinct results from the 2024 general election: Done: MI MS: 79 of 82 counties KY: 93/120 counties PA: 24/67 counties IN: 16/92 counties AZ: 9/15 counties OR: 8/36 counties NJ: 9/21 counties Interested in helping? github.com/orgs/openele...

We could use some help parsing mostly electronic PDFs into CSV data for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Details here: github.com/openelection... Feel free to email with questions! [email protected]

You can't understand elections without election results, but simply *gathering* that data is a herculean task. We're talking with @dwillis.bsky.social, founder of OpenElections, on this week's episode of The Downballot podcast to shed light on this crucial endeavor!

I'm late on this, but SPSA was last week, and I presented an early cut of a paper looking at turnout among voters who had no contested elections on their ballot. Do people vote when the outcome is a foregone conclusion? (Yes, but only about 10%!) PDF: brianamos.com/amos_spsa25.... #polisky

Jan. 16 update on converting official precinct results from the 2024 general election: MI: Done MS: 79 of 82 counties KY: 89 of 120 counties IN: 16 of 92 counties PA: 14 of 67 counties AZ: 9 of 15 counties OR: 8 of 36 counties NJ: 9 of 21 counties Interested in helping? github.com/orgs/openele...

The folks at @upshot.nytimes.com have released their first cut at a precinct-level map of 2024 presidential results, using some of the data we collected and published for Michigan: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

While working on Michigan's data, we came across a local judicial race in Ottawa County that had 293 over votes, nearly triple the amount in the presidential race. Three precincts in Spring Lake Township had 39 over votes in the Judge of Probate Court Ottawa County Non-Incumbent Position race alone!

Jan. 13 update on converting official precinct results from the 2024 general election: MI: Done MS: 79 of 82 counties KY: 64 of 120 counties IN: 13 of 92 counties AZ: 9 of 15 counties OR: 8 of 36 counties NJ: 9 of 21 counties PA: 11 of 67 counties Interested in helping? github.com/orgs/openele...

Jan. 11 update on converting official precinct results from the 2024 general election: MI: Done AZ: 9 of 15 counties OR: 8 of 36 counties NJ: 9 of 21 counties IN: 3 of 92 counties MS: 79 of 82 counties PA: 11 of 67 counties KY: 42 of 120 counties Interested in helping? github.com/orgs/openele...

Now that we've finished converting official precinct results for Michigan, we're doing the same for Indiana. Lots of PDFs, but many of them are similarly-formatted. Pitch in! github.com/openelection...