openelections-data-wi

Pre-processed election results for Wisconsin elections

To re-parse files:

python parser.py

A folder local_data_cache keeps a local version of files. To update it:

cd local_data_cache
python fetcher.py

There are two types of tests:

1. Tests to validate the CSV output using csv-test. To test:

npm install
node_modules/csv-test/bin/csv-test tests/csv-test-config.yml '2014/*' tests/csv-test-validators.yml

2. Tests to validate a sampling of results. These use behave and follow the format:

Examples: 20150929__wi__general_ward.csv
  | candidate                   | office   | ward                           | votes  | total |
  | Cindi Duchow                | Assembly | Village of Hartland Wards 1-13 | 117    | 140   |
  | Thomas D. Hibbard (Write-In)| ASSEMBLY | Village of Wales Wards 1-4     | 10     | 106   |

To run those tests cd tests; behave