Poll Site Info

This is the main service for the PSL app providing poll site information based on the address used in the call. This poll site information is kept current by the election administrator (account) on a frequent and automated basis making it very important to use this service in a tansactional manner.

Call:

pollsiteinfo	GET	Service at https://nyc.electionapi.com/psl/pollsiteinfo?latitude={LATITUDE}&longitude={LONGITUDE}&county={COUNTY}&streetnumber={STREETNUMBER}&streetname={STREETNAME}&postalcode={POSTALCODE}

{STREETNUMBER} - house number of address on street - this is required
{STREETNAME} - the name of the street where house is located - this is required
{POSTALCODE} - the zip code of the address of the house - this is highly recommended but is optional if county is used
{COUNTY} - County in which address resides - optional if postal code is used

OR

{LATITUDE} - only supported by election administrators (accounts) that supply polygon data for voting districts
{LONGITUDE} - only supported by election administrators (accounts) that supply polygon data for voting districts

This is the basic call to retrieve poll site information for a given address or geographic coordinates supplied. A subdomain (account) only supports one method of search, either geographic coordinates or address. For an address-based search you must supply a street number, street name and postal code or county. For a geographic coordinate-based search you must supply a latitude point and longitude point.

NOTE: Be sure to include the API Key parameter with your call see api_keys

Returns:

voter_entrance	location at the poll site where voter can enter building
trx	internal - ignore
site_number	the election administrator's unique identifier of poll site
site_name	the election administrator's name of poll site
Site_Last_Modified_DTTM	json date of when the poll site information was last modified
Site_Created_DTTM	json date of when the poll site information was first created
site_address	street number, street name, city, state and zip of poll site
senate_district	encompassing senatorial district for the supplied address
primary_polling_room	description of the polling room for primary elections within the poll site
objectCount	internal - ignore
municipal_court_district	encompassing municipal court district for the supplied address
marker	where the map marker should be placed
longitude	the approximate longitude for the center of the lot the poll site is on
location	internal - ignore
latitude	the approximate latitude for the center of the lot the poll site is on
judicial_district	encompassing judicial district for the supplied address
handicap_entrance	the location at the poll site which is handicap accessible
general_polling_room	description of the polling room for general elections within the poll site
election_district	encompassing voting district (precinct, ward or election precinct) for supplied address
elections	array of upcoming declared elections (if any)
ED_Site_Effective_DTTM	json date when site becomes effective for use
destination	address or geographic coordinate of poll site to be used for navigational systems
council_district	encompassing city council district for the supplied address
congress_district	encompassing US congressional district for the supplied address
assembly_district	encompassing state assembly district for the supplied address

election array item contains:

Description	full descriptor of election
ElectionCode	two character code for the type of election
ElectionNameNoDate	the descriptor without the date
ElectionType	type of election
FilingType	method by which candidates file for the election
ID	unique integer for the election
IsArchived	flag for determining the status of the data
IsNonPartisan	flag indicating whether or not candidates may run under state recognized parties
MapId	internal identifier relating back to a redistricting map
objectCount	internal - ignore
parties	array of parties eligible for the election, see contestlist for more
SchedulingRuleID	internal identifier for the type of election
StartDate	JSON representation of the date of the election
trx	internal - ignore
YYYYMMDD_StartDate	the election date in yyyymmdd format

Sample:

Name	Value
voter_entrance	“81 New Street”
trx	null
site_number	“11255”
site_name	“UASBYW”
Site_Last_Modified_DTTM	“/Date(-62135568000000-0800)/“
Site_Created_DTTM	”/Date(-62135568000000-0800)/“
site_address	“81 New Street, New York, NY 10004”
senate_district	“26”
primary_polling_room	”“
objectCount	0
municipal_court_district	“01”
marker	“81 New Street, New York, NY 10004”
longitude	”-74.012526”
location	null
latitude	“40.705238”
judicial_district	“01”
handicap_entrance	“5 Beaver Street”
general_polling_room	““
election_district	“001/65”
elections	…

Description	“Primary Election 2013 - 09/10/2013”
ElectionCode	“PR”
ElectionNameNoDate	“Primary Election 2013”
ElectionType	“Primary Election”
FilingType	“Designating”
ID	380404
IsArchived	“N”
IsNonPartisan	“N”
MapId	4
objectCount	0
parties	…
SchedulingRuleID	2
StartDate	”/Date(1378796400000-0700)/“
trx	null
YYYYMMDD_StartDate	“20130910”

ED_Site_Effective_DTTM	”/Date(-62135568000000-0800)/“
destination	“81 New Street, New York, NY 10004”
council_district	“01”
congress_district	“10”
assembly_district	“65”

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