Election

Called event identity

One called election persists through schedule changes and result revisions. A report, polling day or process template is not the event root.

1. Which authoritative identifier distinguishes this election from another election on the same day? identity
2. Which office-election class and round structure apply to the called event? classification
3. Which issued call or equivalent instrument establishes that this is an actual election rather than a test or proposal? evidence

Electoral competence

Keep authority to administer, register, count and declare separately evidenced. A local owner or account role supplies no public power.

1. Which instrument assigns each election responsibility to the acting body? authority
2. Who stewards the election record and who reviews a disputed authority claim? ownership
3. What action is blocked when the competent authority or its delegation is unresolved? constraint

Applicable rules and calendar

Bind effective rules and deadlines per stage and channel. Scheduled, observed and legally effective times remain different facts.

1. Which version of the election rules governs each stage and which source establishes its applicability? requirement
2. Which deadline trigger, time zone and exception rule governs registration, nomination, voting and challenge windows? temporal
3. How are postponement, cancellation, a repeat poll and a later round linked without erasing the original event? lifecycle

Contests and electoral geography

Separate the office contest from its election district and from administrative reporting areas. Boundary revisions need effective dates.

1. Which contests belong to this election and which offices or seats do they concern? composition
2. Which boundary version assigns areas and eligible voters to each contest? spatial
3. How do precinct, split-precinct and reporting-area identifiers map without double counting? interoperability

Franchise profile

Record the applicable qualifications and review route. Broad rights principles do not establish a universal age, residence test or exclusion rule.

1. Which qualifications apply to this electorate on the relevant qualification date? requirement
2. Which challenged exclusion or special entitlement requires a competent determination? exception
3. What minimum eligibility evidence may be referenced without copying a full identity file? privacy

Election roll snapshot

Use an election-specific roll version or authorized extract reference; person identity and register maintenance retain their own masters.

1. Which authoritative roll version and cutoff underpin the electorate used for this election? provenance
2. How are omissions, duplicates and late corrections recorded without treating an allegation as disenfranchisement? quality
3. Who may inspect a roll or receive an extract under the applicable publication and privacy rules? access

Candidacy and list status

A person or party reference is distinct from candidacy in a particular contest. Record admission, refusal, withdrawal and replacement evidence.

1. Which person, party or list reference is associated with each candidacy and contest? relationship
2. Which nomination decision and requirement evidence support the current ballot admission status? process
3. How does a withdrawal, replacement, death or successful appeal affect this specific ballot revision? exception

Campaign conditions and access

Reference campaign-period rules and observed access conditions. Allegations and determinations remain distinct; persuasion operations are outside this model.

1. Which campaigning period and applicable restrictions are recorded for this contest? temporal
2. Which rules and evidence describe contestant access to public campaign facilities and media? access
3. How are reported interference or unequal-treatment concerns attributed and linked to review? evidence

Campaign finance disclosure

Keep election-related filing and oversight references without owning accounts, donations or sanctions. Filing is not a compliance finding.

1. Which campaign-finance reporting and limit profile applies to each filing actor? requirement
2. Which original and amended declarations were submitted and what evidence identifies the filed version? provenance
3. Which oversight determination resolves a finance issue and is it still subject to appeal? decision

Ballot definition and revision

Distinguish an unmarked ballot style from an individual cast record. Mixed ballot events can reference question contests without expanding this root to a referendum-only model.

1. Which contests, selections and instruction versions belong to this ballot style? composition
2. Which approval evidence and change review establish that this ballot style matches its eligible electorate? validation
3. What selection, ranking or vote-allocation constraints are specified for each contest? constraint

Authorized channels and accessibility

Represent channel availability and accommodation evidence under a selected profile. This model neither runs polling infrastructure nor recommends a universal voting technology.

1. Which verified locations or authorized remote channels serve each eligible group? spatial
2. Which accessibility and language arrangements allow voters to use the ballot privately? requirement
3. Which evidence records opening, interruption, extension or closure for each voting channel? event

Ballot secrecy boundary

Protect against voter-choice linkage, including metadata joins. Eligibility administration, protected pending-ballot handling and anonymous counting evidence require separate profiles.

1. Which separation controls prevent eligibility identifiers from becoming keys to voter selections? security
2. How does an authorized provisional or recallable ballot process protect choices until eligibility is resolved? exception
3. Which release review addresses small totals, ordering metadata and identifying marks in ballot-related evidence? privacy

Ballot accounting

Track issued, received, accepted, rejected and pending quantities using explicit units and mutually understood categories. Turnout and vote totals are different measures.

1. What quantity and unit does each ballot-accounting figure measure? measurement
2. Which profile-specific reconciliation equation explains the relationship among the reported quantities? validation
3. Which custody and handover references support each counted batch without identifying voter choices? provenance

Count and revision evidence

Represent scoped count observations and their superseding revisions. Completion of a count does not certify a result or establish legal validity.

1. Which selection totals and invalid, blank or unresolved categories are reported for this count scope? measurement
2. Is the supplied count initial, partial, complete, corrected or recounted according to its source? state
3. Which source revision, recount authorization and supersession link explain a changed total? provenance

Allocation rule and outcome evidence

An adopted allocation profile connects votes to seats or advancement. Do not infer winners from a simple largest-total comparison across all electoral systems.

1. Which adopted formula, thresholds, district magnitude and tie rules determine allocation? requirement
2. Which inputs, rounding policy and calculation evidence support the reported allocation? validation
3. How is a tie, unfilled seat, exhausted preference or requirement for another round represented? exception

Result declaration and office handoff

Preserve asserted report status, authority evidence and legal effect separately. Election outcome references do not directly mutate the public-office master.

1. Which competent act establishes the declared or certified result for the affected contest? authority
2. Which result assertions are provisional, declared, challenged, stayed, corrected or annulled? state
3. What reference records any subsequent mandate or office accession without equating it to the tally? relationship

Observation and audit references

Observation findings, counting audits and local record validation answer different questions. External assessments retain their own methods and limitations.

1. Which observer or auditor role may access which process and evidence scope? access
2. Which method, coverage and limitations qualify an observation or audit conclusion? quality
3. What discrepancies remain unresolved after the referenced review? evidence

Complaints, remedies and finality

Retain election effects of external dispute decisions without conducting adjudication. Expiration of a local timer is not proof of legal finality.

1. Where can a challenge to registration, nomination, voting or results be lodged under the applicable rules? process
2. Which issued remedy, stay or annulment affects which election record or geographic scope? decision
3. Which evidence permits a finality assertion and what event could reopen the affected outcome? lifecycle

Results release and interchange

Publish a scoped evidence projection with its status and version. A public report must exclude private roll and voter-choice linkage data.

1. Which exchange profile and mapping preserve contest, area, unit and report-status meanings? interoperability
2. Which audience may receive this results projection after the secrecy and authorization checks? access
3. How can a recipient distinguish this release from tests and superseded reports? provenance

Record history and disposition

Preserve accountable revisions within lawful retention limits. Retiring a local record neither annuls an election nor permits deletion of externally held evidence.

1. Which election-record category, appeal hold and retention authority govern this artifact? retention
2. Which record supersedes a retired election projection while keeping required references resolvable? lifecycle
3. Which personal payload may be erased or restricted after authorized disposition without retaining it in a public history? privacy