Filename:	state_g12_absentees_by_g12_rgprec.zip

File URL:	http://statewidedatabase.org/pub/data/G12/state/state_g12_absentees_by_g12_rgprec.zip

Dataset:	2012 General Election Precinct Data

Description:	This file contains statewide registration data for registered voters that voted by absentee 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, 12 Jan 2014  

Previous versions:	Wed, 28 May 2014; Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:43:00 

County records unavailable at time of file creation:	
011 - Colusa, no absentees reported, mail ballot file contains the VBM vote 
035 - Lassen, no absentees reported, mail ballot file contains the VBM vote

Errata 1:	There are discrepancies in totals in the rg, rr and sr precinct files for four counties:
037 - Los Angeles rg file has 33 more absentee voters than the rr and sr files
041 - Marin rg file has 1 more absentee voter than the rr and sr files
047 - Merced rg file has 1 more absentee voter than the rr and sr files
107 - Tulare rg file has 1 more absentee voter than the rr and sr files 

Errata 2:
023 - Humboldt has a record of only 29 absentee votes. The mail ballot file has the remainder of the VBM vote
043 - San Joaquin has a record of only 77 voters. The mail ballot file has the remainder of the VBM vote
103 - Tehama has a record of only 6 absentee votes. The mail ballot file has the remainder of the VBM vote