elections:Voter Registration

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The recognition by an electoral authority that a person is entered in its register of electors for a jurisdiction. Being registered does not by itself mean the person may vote in every election.

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Supertypes

Registration

Properties

Property Type Definition
Registered subject from Registration uri
The URI of the person, organization, asset or other thing that the registration recognizes. On an authorization it is the holder of the permission, and an installation, asset or site the permission covers is the authorized object. An asset registration, such as a vehicle registration, recognizes the asset; its keeper is recorded as an asset party role.
Registration authority from Registration concept:Organization includes PublicOrganization, EducationProvider, ProducerOrganization The organization that confers the recognition.
Registration jurisdiction from Registration concept:Location The area within which the recognition applies.
Registration purpose from Registration string
The administrative purpose or category of the recognition, stated as text. It does not imply eligibility for a benefit.
Valid from from Registration date
The first calendar day on which the registration, permission, certification or other stated fact applies, as its source states it, when known. A later suspension, withdrawal or correction is recorded separately and does not overwrite this date.
Valid to from Registration date
The last calendar day on which the registration, permission, certification or other stated fact applies, as its source states it. A later suspension, withdrawal or correction is recorded separately and does not overwrite this date. If absent, the end is unknown, not unlimited.
Evidence assertions from Registration concept:EvidenceAssertion Statements identifying sources that support or contradict this statement.
Electoral districts concept:Location
The electoral areas the registration places the person in, such as a constituency, ward or precinct, one for each kind of election where they differ. Being placed in a district does not by itself mean the person may vote in every election held there.
Polling station concept:ServicePoint includes HealthFacility, RegistrationOffice, School, WaterPoint
The polling station assigned to the person for voting in person, when the register records one. It can reveal the neighbourhood where the person lives.

Evidence

Standard Equivalent Match
NIST SP 1500-102 VoterRecord close
NIST SP 1500-102 Voter Records Interchange 1.0 also carries a voter status (active, inactive or other) that this concept does not model.
OASIS EML 7.0 Voter Registration (schema 310) related
OASIS EML 7.0 schema 310 is a message for registering voters, not a register entry.

Referenced by this concept

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