Last Update: August 05, 2015

Election_Number

Election number.

Ballot_Style

Ballot style.

Abs_Ballot_Number

Ballot number.

Bar_Code_Search

System-used column to assist with ballot returns.

Certificate

Voter registration ID.

Date_Delivered

Date the ballot was released to the voter.

Date_Returned

Date the ballot return was logged into the system.

Adv_Abs_Ballot

Indicates whether the ballot is advance or vote-by-mail:

Abs—Vote-by-mail ballot

Adv—Advance ballot

Signature_Difference_Flag

Reason code for referring ballot to canvassing board. Codes are interpreted by the Absrsnl table.

Delivery_Method

Method by which ballot was delivered:

1—Mail

2—Unused

3—Unused

4—Early voted (including in-office absentees and EViD check ins)

5—Pickup absentee (by voter)

6—Faxed

7—Pickup absentee (by voter's representative)

8—Email

9—Electronic ballot (online)

10—Mailed to first-time voter (MARG voter).

Record_Type

System use only.

Voting_Method

T—Touch screen (DRE)

O—Optical scan

Returned_Undeliverable_Flag

Y indicates the ballot was returned as undeliverable by USPS.

BallotSeq

System use only.

Operator_Number

Operator making last change to row.

Date_Last_Record_Change

Date of last change to row.

Early_Vote_Location

Unused.

ImagePath

Used in Pitney Bowes Relia-Vote system.

DateImageAdded

DateProcessed

RecordLockDate

LockUser

Ballot_Address_1

Ballot_Address_1 through Ballot_Country columns specify the address where the ballot was sent.

Ballot_Address_2

Ballot_Address_3

Ballot_City

Ballot_State

Ballot_Zip

Ballot_Country

PB_Sort_Envelope_Seen

Used in Pitney Bowes Relia-Vote system.

Auto_Sig_Verification_Flag

Used in counties using Pitney Bowes Relia-Vote or Generic Envelope Reader equipped with automated signature recognition/verification capabilities to indicate whether external system approved the voter's signature.

USPSConfirmOneCode

Used in counties using the USPS Confirm One Interface as the outgoing code printed on evelopes scanned by USPS.

Email_Address

The email address to which the ballot is to be/has been sent.

Ballot_Fax_Number

The fax number to which the ballot is to be/has been sent.

Ballot_UOCAVA_Flag

Y indicates the ballot qualifies as UOCAVA A ballot requested by/delivered to a U.S. citizen who: (1) is a member of the uniformed services or the merchant marine who is deployed overseas or deployed domestically away from their county of residence, (2) is a dependent family member of a service member/merchant marine and is away from their home county due to military deployment, or (3) resides outside the United States. These voters may cast an FWAB and they are eligible to receive ballots by email or fax. In the Voter Focus system, UOCAVA is a flag applied to a vote-by-mail ballot, not to voters themselves, since a voter's UOCAVA status can vary from election to election..

Ballot_Overseas_Address

Y indicates the ballot is going to/went to an overseas address.

Return_Batch

The number of the batch in which the ballot was return-processed.

Sequence_Within_Batch

The sequence number of the ballot within the return batch.

Ballot_Return_Method

Method voter used to return or vote the ballot:

C—Counter (in-office absentee or handed in)

E—Email

F—Fax

M—Mail

P—Election day vote

W—Web (experimental online systems)

Z—Early vote

Temporarily_Away

Y indicates the ballot was returned by the USPS as undeliverable with a reason of Temporarily Away.

Absent_Domestic_Military

Y indicates the voter's military status and mail-ballot address categorize them as absent domestic military for this election.

DeliveryRunType

Indicates the run used in Return Ballots program to deliver ballot to voter:

1—DomesticMilitary

2—Supervised

4—OverseasMilitary

5—Fax

7—Overseas Civilian

8—MARG

9—Email

10—DomesticCivilian

11—AbsentDomesticMilitary