City,County,Census (CVAP) data from ESRI shp files in R 3.1.0

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More Matchback Code

Political piece for this code is here. "Match backs" are the database rendition of the first part of the Vote By Mail process in Whatcom County. Before your ballots are run through a Sequoia 400C Optical Scanner, the outer envelope is processed: verification and validation procedures are applied to the incoming ballot. A number of interesting fields are returned:

Whatcom County Matchback Report 08.01.2014

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The Campaign Financing War 07/27/2014 : Part II

The Campaign Financing War 07/27/2014 : Part II

Where the Votes Are...

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How RED or BLUE?

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Voter Stability as a Predictor

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