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John, absentee
precinct results can't be reported by district in VTS but can in
GEMS.
In order to report
correct absentee results by district, absentee precincts must be defined so as
to coincide with the Congressional district boundaries. That is, the base
precincts that comprise each absentee precinct must coincide one-to-one with the
base precincts comprising the corresponding district. If the absentee
precincts do not follow district boundaries, absentee results reported for a
particular district will include the total results of all absentee precincts
that comprise any base precinct in the district in question, which would give
you potentially incorrect results.
Remember that the
summary report allows you to report all results, polling and absentee, on a
summarized basis, so that it is not necessary to just view absentee results with
the Congressional breakdown. However, in the SOVC, including absentee
results will then necessarily mean reporting by Congressional district, and it
will not be possible to report absentee results both Congressionally and by some
other district in the same election.
Nel
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