Filename:	state_p10_mailballot_by_p10_rgprec.dbf

File URL:	http://statewidedatabase.org/pub/data/P10/state/state_p10_mailballot_by_p10_rgprec.zip

Dataset:	2010 Primary 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, 11 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:
003 - Alpine 
005 - Amador 
011 - Colusa 
013 - Contra Costa 
015 - Del Norte 
017 - El Dorado 
031 - Kings 
037 - Los Angeles 
041 - Marin 
047 - Merced 
053 - Monterey 
055 - Napa 
057 - Nevada 
063 - Plumas 
073 - San Diego 
075 - San Francisco 
091 - Sierra 
093 - Siskiyou 
103 - Tehama 
115 - Yuba 

Counties who reported the majority of the vote by mail vote in the absentees file:	
081 - San Mateo has a record of only 8 mail ballot voters. The remainder of the VBM voters are in the absentees file.