Filename:	state_g12_mailballot_by_g12_rrprec.dbf, state_g12_mailballot_by_g12_rrprec.csv

File URL:	http://statewidedatabase.org/pub/data/G12/state/state_g12_mailballot_by_g12_rrprec.zip

Dataset:	2012 General Election Precinct Data

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

Unit of analysis:  RR precincts are derived from consolidated registration precincts and are a geographic unit constructed for statistical merging purposes by the Statewide Database. 

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:  Fri,13/Nov/2020

Previous versions:	Fri, 30 May 2014;	Wed, 26 Feb 2014;	Mon, 12 Jan 2014 
	Wed, 14 Nov 2018 

County records unavailable at time of file creation: none

Errata 1:	Counties who reported all of their VBM voters in the absentees file 	
001 - Alameda has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
003 - Alpine has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
015 - Del Norte has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file 
017 - El Dorado has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
021 - Glenn has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
025 - Imperial has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
037 - Los Angeles has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
041 - Marin has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
045 - Mendecino has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
051 - Mono has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
053 - Monterey has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
057 - Nevada has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
071 - San Bernardino has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
079 - San Luis Obispo has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
089 - Shasta has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
091 - Sierra has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
093 - Siskiyou has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
095 - Solano has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file
113 - Yolo has no mail ballot voters reported. All VBM voters are reported in the absentees file

Errata 2:	Counties who reported the majority of their VBM voters in the absentees file 
005 - Amador has a record of only 65 mail ballot votes. The absentees file has the remainder of the VBM vote.	
047 - Merced has a record of only 3 mail ballot votes. The absentees file has the remainder of the VBM vote.
081 - San Mateo has a record of only 3 mail ballot votes. The absentees file has the remainder of the VBM vote.

Errata 3:	There are discrepancies in totals in the rg, rr and sr precinct files for counties
087 - Santa Cruz file has 2 more mail ballot voters than the rr and sr files
107 - Tulare file has 1 more mail ballot voter than the rr and sr files