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Each district represents a geography. This table offers a key for connecting districts as defined by Deck to their corresponding districts as defined by BallotReady. ballotready_mtfcc and ballotready_geo_id combine to uniquely identify districts.

Schema

Field
Description
district id
Unique ID maintained by Deck representing a specific political district. We define a district as a geographic subdivision of a jurisdiction that is associated with a specific office. For example, Idaho State House District 2 is a single district. Its associated office is Idaho State House and its associated jurisdiction is Idaho. (For jurisdiction-wide offices, like Governor and Mayor, the district can encompass the entirety of its jurisdiction.)
state
The state (two-letter abbreviation) that a given district is within.
ballotready geofence id
BallotReady's unique identifier for a given geometry/shape.
ballotready mtfcc
A code for a unique type of geography.
ballotready geo id
A unique identifier for a geography (and it’s specific to certain geography types).
ballotready intersection pct
The percentage overlap between a given BallotReady district shape and the canonical district shape associated with the deck district_id .
tsmart jurisdiction field
The field in the TargetSmart voterfile that Deck used to determine the relevant jurisdiction.
tsmart jurisdiction value
The jurisdiction name or code exactly as it appears in the TargetSmart voterfile jurisdiction field.
tsmart district field
The field in the TargetSmart voterfile that Deck uses to identify a given district.
tsmart district value
The district name or code exactly as it appears in the TargetSmart voterfile district field.
tsmart intersection pct
The percentage overlap between a given TargetSmart district shape and the canonical district shape associated with the deck district_id .

Example Entry

[
{
"district_id": "9e1c4283-6229-4674-9353-19b3fd2acff3",
"state": "MT",
"ballotready_geofence_id": "635380",
"ballotready_mtfcc": "G5210",
"ballotready_geo_id": "30005",
"ballotready_intersection_pct": "0.9999995857149212",
"tsmart_jurisdiction_field": null,
"tsmart_jurisdiction_value": null,
"tsmart_district_field": null,
"tsmart_district_value": null,
"tsmart_intersection_pct": null
}
]
[
{
"district_id": "0ece569b-872b-43f4-85b7-08b061488b1a",
"state": "AR",
"ballotready_geofence_id": null,
"ballotready_mtfcc": null,
"ballotready_geo_id": null,
"ballotready_intersection_pct": null,
"tsmart_jurisdiction_field": "vb_vf_school_district",
"tsmart_jurisdiction_value": "27",
"tsmart_district_field": "vb_vf_school_board",
"tsmart_district_value": "EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY 002",
"tsmart_intersection_pct": "1.0"
}
]