Office Holders

To access: CANDIDATE SERVICES > Office Holders

On this dialog you can maintain the current offices and incumbents in your county's districts. This information can be printed on voter information cards and on your website if your county uses Precinct Finder or the Voter Information page available with Web Focus or the MOVE Act Information Service.

Fields and Controls on this Dialog

New

Clears the fields on the dialog so you can enter information for a new office holder record.

Office Code

Required field. Enter a unique alphanumeric code of up to six characters to be associated with the office.

Reporting Sequence

Enter a number here to control the order in which an office appears on the District Offices page in Precinct Finder. The list is ordered numerically with the smallest numbered office shown first.

Office Name

Required field. Enter the name of the office, such as County Commission Seat 1.

 

District Type

Select the district type for the office from the drop-down list. Examples of district types are CC for county commission, CNG for U.S. Congress, and ALL for offices that span the entire county and perhaps beyond, such as governor and U.S. president.

District Number

Select the district that matches the office.

Current Office Holder

The incumbent's name. This information can be printed on voter information cards by selecting the database field Inc-<district type code > in the document layout for Voter Card.

Party

The incumbent's political party. This information can be printed on voter information cards by selecting the database field IncParty-district type code> in the document layout for Voter Card.

Holder Website

The URL of the incumbent's website, if they have one.

Contact Information

Required field. This is a free-form field for entering any type of contact information (email address, phone number, mailing address) for the incumbent. This information can be printed on voter information cards by selecting the database field IncCont-district type code > in the document layout for Voter Card.

Some type of entry in this field is required, even if you do not want to display office holder information in Precinct Finder. We suggest you enter something like None if no information is available or you don't want to display any.

Status

This is a free-form field for entering status information. This information will be displayed on the incumbent's website, if they have one.

This information is also displayed on the Office Holders page in Web Focus. See the VR Tower online help for more information.