Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State (OSS)

2020 Presidential Nomination Primary Results
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 - The filenames given below are part of the URLs on the Election Night Reporting website and used on the ftp site.
 - The files on OSS web and ftp sites contain ASCII text, separated by semicolons. 
 - Information in the supporting files is subject to correction and change up until election day.
 - Election results may change after being reported initially on election night.
 - Files with precinct-level results will not be available until the morning after election day.
 - For questions, contact OSS Elections Division at elections.dept@state.mn.us

Last revised 2/9/2020

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Election Results Files
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Results are formatted in flat files which have one row for each candidate and question response in each geographic area 
(statewide, county, district, or precinct, depending on the file).

Election Results (various names)

	State
	County ID (if applicable)
	Precinct name (if applicable)
	Office ID
	Office Name 
	District* 
	Candidate Order Code
	Candidate Name (First/Last/Suffix all in one field)
	Suffix (not used)
	Incumbent Code (not used)
	Party Abbreviation
	Number of Precincts reporting
	Total number of precincts voting for the office
	Votes for Candidate
	Percentage of Votes for Candidate out of Total Votes for Office
	Total number of votes for Office in area

*Note: The District field is not used in this election

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Precinct Voting Statistics (pctstats.txt)

    State
    County ID
    Precinct ID
    Precinct Name 
	Has Reported Statistics (1 = yes, 0 = no) 
    Number of Voters Registered as of 7:00 a.m. Election Day
    Number of Voters that Registered on Election Day 
    Number of Signatures on the Polling Place Roster
    Number of Regular, Military, and Overseas Absentee Ballots 
    Number of Federal-Only Absentee Ballots
    Number of President-Only Absentee Ballots 
    Total Number Voted

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Supporting Tables for Election
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Parties (PartyTbl.txt)

	Party Abbreviation
	Party Name 
	Party ID 
	
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Counties (CntyTbl.txt)

	County ID
	County Name
	Number of precincts

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Precincts (PrctTbl.txt)

	County ID
	Precinct ID 
	Precinct Name
	Congressional District 
	Legislative District 
	County Commissioner District 
	Judicial District 
	Soil and Water Conservation District 
	MCD FIPS code
	School District number (not used in statewide elections)	

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Presidential Candidates (cand.txt)

	Candidate ID (eight characters)
	Candidate Name (First/Last/Suffix all in one field)
	Office ID
	Office Title
	County ID (88 = statewide race or multi-county race)
	Party ID
	Party Abbreviation

Note: also includes Write-in and Uncommitted "candidates." Names were provided by political parties so no other filing information is available.

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Municipalities (mcdtbl.txt)

	County ID
	County Name
	MCD FIPS Code
	Municipality Name