http://www.votinginfoproject.org/blog/index.cfm Voting Information Project en-us Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:30:57 -0400 Tue, 19 May 2009 23:41:00 -0400 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss tom@connectionsmedia.com tom@connectionsmedia.com tom@connectionsmedia.com http://www.votinginfoproject.org/blog/index.cfm no http://www.votinginfoproject.org/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/19/Introducing-VIP-Version-20 Even though 2008 was <a href="http://www.votinginfoproject.org/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/15/The-VIP-in-2009">extremely sucessful</a>, we're always looking for new ways to improve. To that end, we've proposed some changes in VIP's format, nearly all of which are based on your suggestions. You can view the new format <a href="http://election-info-standard.googlecode.com/files/spec%20v2.0%20documentation.html">here</a>. Comments are extremely welcome by emailing <a href="mailto:aaronbs@gmail.com">me</a> or joining one of the three groups listed on this page. Major changes include: <ul> <li>Streamlining street segments into one object. This change should dramatically reduce the length of feeds. <li>Recasting Tabulation Areas as Electoral Districts and having precincts link to Electoral Districts rather than the other way around. This change helps states include candidate information. <li>Common address types <li>Information on registration deadlines, absentee ballot request deadlines, and Election Day registration. </ul> Overall, if you produced a feed in 2008, your code will need some tweaking, but not too much. And the resulting file will be smaller. specification Tue, 19 May 2009 23:41:00 -0400 http://www.votinginfoproject.org/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/19/Introducing-VIP-Version-20 Aaron Strauss