Filename:	state_p08_absentees_by_p08_rgprec.dbf

File URL:	http://statewidedatabase.org/pub/data/P08/state/state_p08_absentees_by_p08_rgprec.zip

Dataset:	2008 Primary 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, 18 May 2015

Previous versions:	02/08/2013

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 mailballot file:	none

Counties who reported the the majority of the Vote by mail vote in the mailballot file :
009 - Calaveras has a record of only 378 absentee voters. The mail ballot file has the remainder of the county's VBM voters.
043 - Mariposa has a record of only 195 absentee voters. The mail ballot file has the remainder of the county's VBM voters.