Filename:	state_g06_mailballot_by_g06_rgprec.dbf

File URL:	http://statewidedatabase.org/pub/data/G06/state/state_g06_mailballot_by_g06_rgprec.zip

Dataset:	2006 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:  Notes on discrepancies in the reported totals in the vote method absentees, mailballot and poll voters files. 

The reporting of the forced mail ballot vote and absentee mail ballot vote varies by county. Some counties report 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:
003 - Alpine
009 - Calaveras
011 - Colusa
015 - Del Norte
037 - Los Angeles
041 - Marin
047 - Merced
055 - Napa
057 - Nevada
071 - San Bernardino
073 - San Diego
075 - San Francisco
091 - Sierra
103 - Tehama
113 - Yolo

Counties who reported the majority of the vote by mail vote in the absentees file:
005 - Amador has a record of only 29 mail ballot voters. The remainder of the VBM voters are in the absentees file.
033 - Lake has a record of only 383 mail ballot voters. The remainder of the VBM voters are in the absentees file.
063 - Plumas has a record of only 379 mail ballot voters. The remainder of the VBM voters are in the absentees file.