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Importing BRC totals in a primary
- To: <support@gesn.com>
- Subject: Importing BRC totals in a primary
- From: "Ken Clark" <ken@gesn.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:26:36 -0800
- Importance: Normal
Rodney came across a
problem importing BRC totals where the system complained of duplicate
positions. The way BRC import works is it takes punch card position off a
results report, and matches it up with a GEMS candidate with the same
ExportId. In the case of a primary election, different candidates
from the different parties can share a position, so the system has no way
of determining which candidate the totals are for based on the punch position
alone.
The solution is a
bit of a hack, but it works. Set up two vote centers to import
into, containing all report precincts. You can do this by
control-dragging all report precincts into a second vote center. Name each
of the vote centers after the party -- eg, Dem, and Rep. Next create
race reporting sets for Dem and Rep, with only the Dem and Rep races,
respectively, and sharing NP races. Make the filter set for the Dem vote
center the Dem reporting set, and likwise for Rep. Finally, do the BRC
import in two passes: one for each party. Since the import system is
dealing with only one party at a time, it can figure out the candidate given a
punch position.
Ken