Vote Objects¶
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Vote objects have the following fields:
Basic Fields¶
- organization (string, null)
name of the voting organization (required)
- organization_id (string, null)
id of the voting organization (required)
- _type (string)
All vote objects must have a _type field set to vote. (required)
- Allowed values:
vote
- session (string)
Associated with one of the jurisdiction’s sessions (required)
- chamber (string, null)
chamber vote took place in (if legislature is bicameral, otherwise null) (required)
- Allowed values:
upper
lower
joint
- date (string)
date of the action (required)
(must match format:
^[0-9]{4}(-[0-9]{2}){0,2}$)- motion (string)
description of motion (from upstream source) (required)
- type (array)
array of types (required, minItems: 0)
- Each element in type is of type (string)
- Allowed values:
bill-passage
amendment-passage
veto-override
- passed (boolean)
boolean indicating if vote passed (required)
Common Fields¶
- updated_at (string, datetime)
the time that the object was last updated
- created_at (string, datetime)
the time that this object was first created
- sources (array)
URLs for sources relating to the object (required, minItems: 1)
Each element in sources is an object with the following keys:
- url (string)
URL of resource used to collect information (required)
- note (null, string)
note about what information this URL was used for (required)
Relationship to Bill¶
- bill (object, null)
Related bill, votes will have a non-null bill object ifthey are related to a bill. Bills will have the following fields: (required)
- chamber (string, null)
bill’s chamber if vote was on a bill (and legislature is bicameral, otherwise null) (required)
- Allowed values:
upper
lower
- id (string, null)
bill’s internal id if bill was matched with an object in the database (required)
- name (string)
bill name (e.g. HB 21) (required)
Vote Counts¶
- vote_counts (**)
list of objects with vote_type and count properties (required)
Each element in vote_counts is an object with the following keys:
- count (integer)
number of people voting this way (required)
(minimum value: 0)
- vote_type (string)
(e.g. yes, no, not-voting) (required)
- Allowed values:
yes
no
absent
abstain
not voting
paired
excused
other
- roll_call (**)
list of individual legislator votes (required)
Each element in roll_call is an object with the following keys:
- person (object)
person object representing the voter (required)
- name (string)
person’s name as provided by the source (required)
- id (string, null)
person’s internal id if they’ve been matched to an entity in the database (required)
- vote_type (string)
(e.g. yes, no, not-voting) (required)
- Allowed values:
yes
no
absent
abstain
not voting
paired
excused
other
