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In the 2016 precinct results for Houston, the number of early votes of each candidate is equal to the number of election day votes of that candidate
For instance, if Donald Trump has 2,666 election day votes, his early votes are also 2,666. Same with Hillary Clinton and all other candidates of all other 2016 elections. This seems like an obvious error. Is there any way to get the actual numbers?
Which file is this? A cursory glance at the primary and general files for Harris County show no such error, and I'm certain that I verified the primary data thoroughly.
I think he means Houston County.
On Jun 18, 2018, at 6:00 PM, Alan Huang [email protected] wrote:
Which file is this? A cursory glance at the primary and general files for Harris County show no such error, and I'm certain that I verified the primary data thoroughly.
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It's the Houston county general elections 2016 precinct level. As you can see the early votes for Donald Trump are equal to 2,366 but so are his election day votes if you add them up. Hillary Clinton's early votes are 749 and her election day votes added up are also 749. The source document provided also has the same results. Seems like an error.
Ok, I'll make a note in openelections-sources-tx#1, and will contact the county at some point. Thanks for pointing this out.