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Mail Ballot Request File Format

The table below describes the file format of Vote-By-Mail request data provided by this office for pickup in the Candidate Services file distribution portal. See DS-DE 145 Vote-by-Mail Ballot Request Information File Layout for the layout of the request data that is provided to the Department of State.

Field

Field Name

Description
1 Voter ID Voter ID number
2 Party Political party code (see table)
3 Precinct Precinct
4 Abs_Mil_Civ Civilian/military status
C = civilian
M = military
5 Sex M = male, F = female, U = unknown
6 Race 1 = American Ind/Alaskan
2 = Asian or Pacific Isl
3 = Black, not Hispanic
4 = Hispanic
5 = White, not Hispanic
6 = Other/Unknown
7 = Multi-Racial
9 = Unknown
7 Zip_Code Mail ballot ZIP code
8 Phone Voter's telephone number
9 Name Voter's full name (last, first middle)
10 Email Voter's Vote-by-Mail email address
11 Address1 Mail ballot address line 1
12 Address2 Mail ballot address line 2
13 Address3 Mail ballot address line 3
14 Address4 Mail ballot address line 4
15 Public Email Voter's public email address