Election data criteria

I think that the elections data this year is fascinating.
This year, we used the openelections principals to define the granularity of the dataset. You can find it here - Principle 2: Election data is open when it is granular | Open Election Data Initiative

In short - it’s easy to conceal data if it’s not counted in the most prinary level, i.e poll stations. Poll level help to monitor easily and to allow to see mistakes and to avoid elections fraud. @nilleren has a wonderful story of how he found an error in the counting of one of the poll stations in Denmark by using poll station level data.

As for Canada, they do count and report in poll station level, but they publish and display in electoral districts - Election Night Results - Electoral Districts.

I think this shows that we still have work to do when it comes to elections results.

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