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Adding Candidates to Races/Endorsements/Etc
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About Website
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When adding Candidates, it is important to not create duplicates.
The First Name field is optional and meant to be used rarely, when you are sure the Candidate exists or if there is uncertainty with the Last Name and you are only using the First Name field. Using both fields is a very narrow search, and if nothing is found, there may be a problem with your search parameters rather than that the Candidate does not exist.
When searching Last Names, it is better to leave off any extra info instead of entering it in case the Candidate does not have this info entered or it is entered in a different format than you are searching on. For instance, suffixes such as Jr, Sr, PhD, II, III should not be searched for. Also note that Candidates with suffixes often appear alphabetically after all the non-suffix results, so make sure you look for them farther down the list.
Similarly, compound Last Names such as VanRoth could also be spelled Van Roth with a space, and your search without one would not find the Candidate. Best to search for just "Roth" to make sure you find the spelling.
Multiple last names - often maiden names for female candidates, but also some male names - also form a similar challenge. Best to search for just one - and if the result is not found, back up and search the other one because they may have previously been entered with only one. This would also take care of the hyphen-versus-space issue.
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| Last Modified | RP - March 15, 2015 06:45pm |
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 I:6738 | IndyGeorgia ( 3906.0425 points)
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Tue, July 3, 2018 10:53:13 AM UTC0:00
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Include a filing deadline when editing a race. All candidates without an entry date will show up in italics.
Include a filing deadline when editing a race. All candidates without an entry date will show up in italics.
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| D:10169 | 123NY ( 5.9492 points)
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Tue, February 18, 2020 12:00:48 AM UTC0:00
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Is there a formal policy on the site for endorsers who change sides before the election is over without their endorsee dropping out? I assume that the original should just be edited over to the new one, but I realized that I don't actually know this for sure.
Is there a formal policy on the site for endorsers who change sides before the election is over without their endorsee dropping out? I assume that the original should just be edited over to the new one, but I realized that I don't actually know this for sure.
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| D:1 | RP ( 5506.7227 points)
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Tue, February 18, 2020 12:20:16 AM UTC0:00
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I don't think it's formal, but that sounds right.
I don't think it's formal, but that sounds right.
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| I:8766 | Pennsylvanian ( 404.1051 points)
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Sun, February 21, 2021 02:13:42 AM UTC0:00
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Is there a way for a user with the standard (~26) access level to completely remove candidates from a race (as in, dissociate completely, not a drop-out) without adding a replacement? I'm working on inputting some borough council races and am contemplating a potential redo of the way a few that I've entered are done, with respect to classes of staggered terms, that would require such an ability. Don't want to burden the server by simply renaming/scrambling deprecated races/candidates so thought I'd drop a note here. Thanks.
Is there a way for a user with the standard (~26) access level to completely remove candidates from a race (as in, dissociate completely, not a drop-out) without adding a replacement? I'm working on inputting some borough council races and am contemplating a potential redo of the way a few that I've entered are done, with respect to classes of staggered terms, that would require such an ability. Don't want to burden the server by simply renaming/scrambling deprecated races/candidates so thought I'd drop a note here. Thanks.
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| D:1 | RP ( 5506.7227 points)
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Tue, February 23, 2021 06:41:12 AM UTC0:00
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Can you explain further?
Can you explain further?
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| I:8766 | Pennsylvanian ( 404.1051 points)
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Tue, February 23, 2021 12:42:34 PM UTC0:00
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Sure. My basic inquiry is whether there's an ability available to me to remove candidates entirely from race pages.
Specifically, I'm contemplating thus:
1. I'm entering some borough council races, with three seats per ward and four-year terms (https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerDetail.html?ContainerID=239007 for container), two seats elected the same year and the one additional seat with elections offset by two years. Ditto for all three wards.
2. Presently, I have just one container for each of the three wards that would contain all races for such ward; just a few races entered so far, such that each has three winners, but the two (or one) incumbent(s) not up that particular year are entered as dropped-out candidates and ticked as winners, so that they appear as incumbents (like so: https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=935331 ), as I've seen done with council succession when only one incumbent in a multi-incumbent container is being replaced.
3. I don't think the above is a wrong way to do it, since it gets the job done (obv. you can tell me otherwise), but I'm contemplating what I think may be a cleaner approach, wherein the staggered terms have separate containers, i.e. "Ward 1 [1]" for the one seat in Ward 1 offset by two years from the other two and "Ward 1 [2]" for those other two seats elected together. Again, ditto for all three wards.
4. In order to get to the third point above from the second, I'd need to delete the non-running incumbents from the races in the original container (those "dropped-out" incumbents in the race example I linked), so that I can repurpose the existing containers, and the races therein, for one or the other of the two containers I'm contemplating for each ward -- so those folks do not show up in races in multiple containers.
Make sense? I didn't have thoughts of doing it the way I contemplate initially, though the approach became more appealing after entering a few races for each. Just want to be sure the data entry is fluid and consistent.
Sure. My basic inquiry is whether there's an ability available to me to remove candidates entirely from race pages.
Specifically, I'm contemplating thus:
1. I'm entering some borough council races, with three seats per ward and four-year terms ([Link] for container), two seats elected the same year and the one additional seat with elections offset by two years. Ditto for all three wards.
2. Presently, I have just one container for each of the three wards that would contain all races for such ward; just a few races entered so far, such that each has three winners, but the two (or one) incumbent(s) not up that particular year are entered as dropped-out candidates and ticked as winners, so that they appear as incumbents (like so: [Link] ), as I've seen done with council succession when only one incumbent in a multi-incumbent container is being replaced.
3. I don't think the above is a wrong way to do it, since it gets the job done (obv. you can tell me otherwise), but I'm contemplating what I think may be a cleaner approach, wherein the staggered terms have separate containers, i.e. "Ward 1 [1]" for the one seat in Ward 1 offset by two years from the other two and "Ward 1 [2]" for those other two seats elected together. Again, ditto for all three wards.
4. In order to get to the third point above from the second, I'd need to delete the non-running incumbents from the races in the original container (those "dropped-out" incumbents in the race example I linked), so that I can repurpose the existing containers, and the races therein, for one or the other of the two containers I'm contemplating for each ward -- so those folks do not show up in races in multiple containers.
Make sense? I didn't have thoughts of doing it the way I contemplate initially, though the approach became more appealing after entering a few races for each. Just want to be sure the data entry is fluid and consistent.
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| D:1 | RP ( 5506.7227 points)
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Tue, February 23, 2021 11:32:00 PM UTC0:00
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Yep - I like that way of doing things. I have added Candidate delete capability to your account.
Yep - I like that way of doing things. I have added Candidate delete capability to your account.
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| I:8766 | Pennsylvanian ( 404.1051 points)
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Wed, February 24, 2021 02:34:17 AM UTC0:00
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Super, just what I needed. Thanks.
Super, just what I needed. Thanks.
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| N:10739 | Max Rohtbart ( 1068.3129 points)
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Thu, February 25, 2021 02:14:06 PM UTC0:00
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What if we have a situation when all candidates run on the same ballot but top 2 get elected for a long term and the top 3rd gets a shorter term. Do I just create a separate container to show who holds the shorter term council seat (this is what I did but not sure if there is a better way to do it).
What if we have a situation when all candidates run on the same ballot but top 2 get elected for a long term and the top 3rd gets a shorter term. Do I just create a separate container to show who holds the shorter term council seat (this is what I did but not sure if there is a better way to do it).
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| D:1 | RP ( 5506.7227 points)
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Fri, February 26, 2021 01:54:59 PM UTC0:00
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Probably one election for the first and then another to carry the two longer ones on. Whether the top-three race will happen again would be applicable.
Probably one election for the first and then another to carry the two longer ones on. Whether the top-three race will happen again would be applicable.
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| S Tax:11138 | Suchart ( 13.0989 points)
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Wed, June 30, 2021 09:45:36 PM UTC0:00
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I need to know is there certain sites that you won't take links from because they are considered "untrustworthy"
I need to know is there certain sites that you won't take links from because they are considered "untrustworthy"
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| D:1 | RP ( 5506.7227 points)
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Thu, July 1, 2021 03:22:48 AM UTC0:00
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I'd need an example.
I'd need an example.
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| D:10973 | Patrick ( 0.0000 points)
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Wed, August 4, 2021 07:03:05 AM UTC0:00
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Schedule press conference
Schedule press conference
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 GPC:11476 | Didp1234 ( -12.1189 points)
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Sat, March 18, 2023 12:52:02 PM UTC0:00
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why doesn't it work when I try to add an endorsement? It just shows a blank page when I click on the button.
why doesn't it work when I try to add an endorsement? It just shows a blank page when I click on the button.
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| LBT:11457 | The Fixer ( 14.0045 points)
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Sat, March 18, 2023 04:34:42 PM UTC0:00
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why doesn't it work when I try to add an endorsement? It just shows a blank page when I click on the button.
Because you are new and you need to get "2 cents" in order to add endorsements.
Didp1234: why doesn't it work when I try to add an endorsement? It just shows a blank page when I click on the button.
Because you are new and you need to get "2 cents" in order to add endorsements.
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| D:1 | RP ( 5506.7227 points)
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Sat, March 18, 2023 06:57:45 PM UTC0:00
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Does the button appear even if you don't have access? I'll have to fix that.
Does the button appear even if you don't have access? I'll have to fix that.
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