Filename:	state_g08_mailballot_by_g08_rgprec.dbf

File URL:	http://statewidedatabase.org/pub/data/G08/state/state_g08_mailballot_by_g08_rgprec.zip

Dataset:	2008 General Election Precinct Data

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

Unit of analysis: RG precincts are derived from the County Registrar of Voters' original registration precincts. 

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:	Mon, 18 May 2015

Previous versions:	none

County records unavailable at time of file creation:	none

Errata 1:  User notes regarding discrepancies in the reported totals in the vote method files (absentees, mailballot and poll voters). 

The reporting of the forced mail ballot vote and absentee mail ballot vote varies by county with some counties reporting forced mail ballot voters separately from the absentee ballot voters while other counties allocate and report their forced mail ballot voters with the precinct voters. 

Counties who reported all of the vote by mail vote in the absentees file and that have no reported mail ballot voters:
001 - Alpine
011 - Colusa
015 - Del Norte
027 - Inyo
031 - Kings
037 - Los Angeles
041 - Marin
045 - Mendocino
047 - Merced
057 - Nevada
063 - Plumas
069 - San Benito
073 - San Diego
075 - San Francisco
083 - Santa Barbara
087 - Santa Cruz
089 - Shasta
091 - Sierra
093 - Siskiyou
099 - Stanislaus
103 - Tehama
113 - Yolo
115 - Yuba

Counties who reported the majority of the vote by mail vote in the absentees file:
005 - Amador has a record of only 38 mail ballot voters. The remainder of the VBM voters are in the absentees file.
009 - Calaveras has a record of only 322 mail ballot voters. The remainder of the VBM voters are in the absentees file.