Votes fields

Fields that are candidates for elimination are given in bold.

Fields on all documents

• _id: the vote ID in the format AKV00000001 where AK is the uppercase jurisdiction ID
• _type: always vote
• Hierarchy
  • state: the jurisdiction ID, e.g. ak (+state also occurs rarely)
  • chamber: lower, upper or joint
  • session
• vote_id: same as _id
• bill_id: the bill ID in the format AKB00000001
• motion: the text of the motion on which legislators are voting
• date: the date on which the vote was taken
• _voters: the IDs of legislators who voted
• passed: a boolean indicating whether the vote passed
• yes_count: the number of "yes" votes
• yes_votes: the legislators voting "yes"
• no_count: the number of "no" votes
• no_votes: the legislators voting "no"
• other_count: the number of "other" votes
• other_votes: the legislators voting "other"
• sources

Fields on more than 33% of documents

• type: the type of vote, i.e. amendment, other, passage, reading:1, reading:2, reading:3 or veto_override (+type_ also occurs rarely)
• sources.url

The yes_votes, no_votes and other_votes fields are arrays of objects whose keys are:

• leg_id: the legislator ID
• name: the legislator's name, often in "Last name, First name" format

Fields on more than 10% of documents

• +threshold: 1/2 or 2/3 (+vote_type also occurs rarely, see below)
• committee_id: the committee ID
• committee: the committee name

Fields on less than 7% of documents

• _vote_id: an identifier used by the legislature for the vote (+filename, +record and record more rarely)
• bill_chamber: lower or upper
• sources.retrieved
• +action: a description of the action relating to the vote
• +actual_vote: what is this for?
• +amended: Y or the empty string ("")
• +bill_id: the bill's abbreviation
• +bill_session: the bill's session always equal to the vote's session, although sometimes expressed in YY format
• +country: always us
• +EMER: E or W/O what does this mean?
• +level: always state
• +location: always the empty string ("")
• +method: record or viva voce (method more rarely, see also +voice_vote)
• +moved: the name of the legislator who moved the motion, often only the last name
• +rcs_num: Revision Control System (RCS) number?
• +seconded: the name of the legislator who seconded the motion, often only the last name
• +voice_vote: a boolean indicating whether it was a voice vote
• +vote_type: the type of vote, e.g.
  • Two-Thirds Majority or (2/3)
  • Three-Fifths Majority or (3/5)
  • Three-Fourths Majority or (3/4)
  • SM (simple majority?)
  • Voice
• +other_vote_detail
  • +other_vote_detail.A: the names of absent legislators
  • +other_vote_detail.E: the names of excused legislators
  • +other_vote_detail.NV: the names of legislators who are not voting
  • +other_vote_detail.P: the names of present legislators
• Other types of votes
  • +absent: the number of absent legislators
  • +AB: the names of absent legislators
  • +excused: the number of excused legislators
  • +E: the names of excused legislators (+EXC more rarely)
  • +not_voting: the number of legislators who are not voting
  • +NV: the names of legislators who are not voting
  • +present: the number of present legislators
  • +P: the names of present legislators
  • +vacant: the number of vacant legislators
  • +V: the names of vacant legislators
  • +skip_votes: the names of legislators who skipped the vote