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Add and update precinct returns per release notes
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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PSKDUJ

Version: 2018-05-11
Version: 2018-06-05

This codebook describes a dataset on precinct-level returns for elections to
the U.S. House of Representatives.
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URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/PSKDUJ

Version: 2018-05-11
Version: 2018-06-05

| State | Added |
| ----------------------- | ---------- |
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| Hawaii | 2018-03-29 |
| Idaho | 2018-03-11 |
| Illinois | 2018-04-23 |
| Indiana | |
| Indiana | 2018-06-05 |
| Iowa | 2018-04-23 |
| Kansas | 2018-04-23 |
| Kentucky | 2018-04-23 |
| Louisiana | 2018-03-11 |
| Maine | 2018-05-09 |
| Maryland | |
| Maryland | 2018-06-04 |
| Massachusetts | 2018-03-29 |
| Michigan | 2018-04-09 |
| Minnesota | 2018-03-29 |
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| Nebraska | 2018-04-23 |
| Nevada | 2018-04-23 |
| New Hampshire | 2018-05-10 |
| New Jersey | |
| New Jersey | 2018-06-04 |
| New Mexico | 2018-03-11 |
| New York | 2018-04-23 |
| North Carolina | 2018-03-29 |
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## Indiana

Not yet included.
Added 2018-06-05.

- There are inconsistencies in `candidate` spellings following OCR. Values in the
`votes` column may also be affected.
- Vote counts are too high, compared to county-level returns.
- Candidate names for lower office are not always consistent across counties.
- The data don't yet include write-in votes for president, with the exception of
returns from La Porte and Marshall.


## Iowa
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## Maryland

Not yet included.

- In the current release, only election-day votes are included. Other vote modes
are reported at the county level, and we need to append them to the precinct-
level returns.
Added 2018-06-04.


## Massachusetts
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## New Jersey

Not yet included.
Added 2018-06-04.

- There's extensive double-counting of returns from inconsistency across
municipalities in use of total rows.
- Candidate names for lower office are not always consistent across counties.


## New Mexico
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