Advance Voting Rules Report

Description

State-by-state rules and information about advance voting, including voter requirements for mail-in ballots and details regarding in-person advance voting.

Example and Data Elements

This XML example shows a partial 2022 "Advance Voting Rules" report.

 

  Note

 

This report is also available in JSON, with the XML version of the reports returned by default when you follow the direct link to the report from the report list (for more information, see Election Reports). For brevity, report examples in the online documentation are provided in XML. JSON property names match the names of the XML elements.

 

 

 

This table describes the XML elements used in the "Advance Voting Rules" report.

 

XML Element

Description

<ElectionType><Year>AdvanceVotingRules

The tag for this report; for example, GE2022AdvanceVotingRules.

lastUpdate/lastUpdated

The date when the report was last updated.

StateAdvanceVotingDetails

Contains information about voting rules for the state.

statePostal

Two-character state postal code.

traditionalAllMailBallotSt

Does this state traditionally conduct its elections predominantly by mail ballot?

eligibleToVoteAbsentee

Who is eligible to vote absentee?

absBalHowVtrsObtain

How can a voter obtain an absentee ballot?

permAbsStatusAvail

Is permanent absentee status available?

importantAbsProcessFeatures

Important features of application process/casting absentee ballot.

absFirstAvail

Date absentee ballots are first available.

absRequestByMailDdlne

Deadline to request absentee ballot by mail.

absRequestInPersDdlne

Deadline to request absentee ballot in person.

absInPersRetrnDdlne

Deadline to return absentee ballot in person.

absPstmrkReqmt

Absentee postmark requirement.

absPstmrkReqmtDate

Absentee postmark requirement date.

absBallotReturnDdlneByMail

Deadline for absentee ballot to be returned by mail.

whenAbsBalsPrcssd

When are absentee ballots processed?

whenAbsBalsCounted

When are absentee ballots counted?

notesOnAbsVoting

Notes on absentee voting.

doesStHaveErlyVoting

Does this state have early voting?

firstDayofVotingErly

First day of voting early.

lastDayofVotingErly

Last day of voting early.

notesOnEarlyVoting

Notes on early voting.

inPersNoExcuseAbsSt

In-person no excuse absentee state?

firstDayinPersAbs

First day of voting in-person absentee voting.

lastDayinPersAbs

Last day of voting in-person absentee voting.

notesOnInPersAbsVoting

Notes on in-person absentee voting.