Wisconsin October 2022 Wards Census Block Assignment File

## RDH Retrieval Date
4/24/24

## Sources

The RDH retrieved Wisconsin October 2022 Ward Boundaries used to create the 2022 Wisconsin General Election Reporting Unit Level Results and Boundaries  [website](https://redistrictingdatahub.org/dataset/wisconsin-2022-general-election-reporting-unit-level-results-and-boundaries/). More detailed information can be found in the [metadata](https://redistrictingdatahub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/readme_wi_gen_22_ru.txt)

Census block boundaries for Wisconsin were retrieved from the RDH website (https://redistrictingdatahub.org/dataset/wisconsin-block-boundaries-2020/).

## Fields:
Field   Name Description
GEOID20   Census Block ID
WARD   Wisconsin Redistricting Ward

## Processing Steps
Visit the RDH GitHub and the processing script for this code [here](https://github.com/nonpartisan-redistricting-datahub/Processing-Requests)

## Additional Notes
Wisconsin releases official ward boundary files in July and January of every year to reflect all updates and ordinances that have occurred since the prior release. As a result, the ward boundaries in the official files do not necessarily reflect the boundaries that were in place for any given election. 


Wisconsin's official July 2022 file is available from the [LTSBE](https://data-ltsb.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/LTSB::wisconsin-redistricting-wards-2022/explore), and ward boundary changes are tracked by the Municipal Boundary Review team on the state's [ordinances page](https://mds.wi.gov/View/Ordinances). Because of the boundary changes that occurred between July 2022 and November 2022, the RDH requested a file that would more accurately reflect the boundaries that were in place at the time of the election from the Wisconsin Election Commission. The Wisconsin Election Commission provided an *unofficial* file reflecting the boundaries in place in October 2022.

Please direct questions related to processing this dataset to info@redistrictingdatahub.org.