2020 Kansas precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
11/07/2022

## Sources
Election results from Kansas Secretary of State (https://sos.ks.gov/elections/elections-statistics.html).
Precinct shapefiles primarily from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program Phase 2 release.

Shapefiles from county elections officials used in Geary, Johnson, Riley, and Sedgwick Counties.

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is:
G20PRERTRU
The first character is G for a general election, C for recount results, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff.
Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election.
Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below).
Character 7 represents the party of the candidate.
Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name.

Office Codes

COC - Corporation Commissioner
COU - City Council Member
DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House
GOV - Governor
H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large.
PRE - President
PSC - Public Service Commissioner
SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals)
SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals
USS - U.S. Senate

Party Codes
D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively.
See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states.

## Fields
G20PREDBID - Joseph R. Biden (Democratic Party)
G20PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party)
G20PRELJOR - Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian Party)

G20USSDBOL - Barbara Bollier (Democratic Party)
G20USSRMAR - Roger Marshall (Republican Party)
G20USSLBUC - Jason Buckley (Libertarian Party)

## Processing Steps

Modifications needed to be made to reflect differences between Census shapefiles and actual PDF maps or reported results.

Barber: Ridge merged into Sharon Township
Butler: Augusta Township merged
Chase: East/West Strong merged, East/West Falls merged
Cherokee: Treece merged with township
Clay: Altered Clay Center boundaries based on PDF map
Cowley: Merge East/West Bolton
Douglas: Altered based on PDF map
Ellis: Split two precincts based on state house districts
Franklin: Merged Ottawa 4+5, altered boundary between 1 and 2
Hamilton: Adjusted Syracuse boundaries based on county commission district map
Harvey: Distributed an exclave district to its neighboring townships
Labette: Split precincts based on legislative districts
Leavenworth: Merged legislative district-split precincts that don't appear in results
Lyon: Mergers based on PDF map
Meade: Split Louisburg based on PDF map
Mitchell: Merged Beloit precincts based on county reports
Osborne: Merged some cities into surrounding townships, split Ross based on information from personal communication with county election official
Reno: Merged based on PDF map
Shawnee: Merged wards in Topeka to match result reporting
Stevens: Cut Moscow City out of Township using Census place shapefile, recut Hugoton based on PDF map
Sumner: Split precincts based on legislative district lines