Format Specification Votes

Acceptable file formats are files which are generated by hand, by the “Wabsti Elections and Referenda (VRSG)” election program or the web application itself.

“Municipality” might refer to a district, ward, etc.

Content

• Format Specification Votes

  • Content

  • Preface

    • Entities

  • Formats

    • OneGov

      • Columns

      • Temporary results

      • Template

    • WabstiCExport

    • eCH-0252

Preface

Entities

An entity is either a municipality (cantonal instances, communal instances without quarters) or a quarter (communal instances with quarters).

Formats

OneGov

The format used by the web application for the export consists of one single file per vote. There is a line for every municipality and type of referendum (proposal, counter-proposal, tie-breaker).

Columns

The following columns will be evaluated and should exist at the least:

Name	Description
status	unknown, interim or final.
type	proposal, counter-proposal or tie-breaker.
entity_id	The municipality number (BFS number). A value of 0 can be used for expats.
counted	true if the municipality has been counted.
yeas	The number of “yes” votes.
nays	The number of “no” votes.
invalid	The number of spoilt votes.
empty	The number of blank votes.
eligible_voters	The number of persons eligible to vote.
expats	Number of expats. Optional.

Temporary results

Municipalities are deemed not to have been counted yet if one of the following two conditions apply:

• counted = false

• the municipality is not included in the results

If the status is

• interim, the whole vote is considered not yet completed

• final, the whole vote is considered completed

• unknown, the whole vote is considered completed, if all (expected) municipalities are counted

Template

• vote_onegov.csv

WabstiCExport

Version >= 2.2 is supported, please refer to the documentation provided by the exporter program for more information about the columns of the different files.

eCH-0252

See eCH-0252.