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Each state of the United States has an official website with election results, both for the current election and for historical elections; they are listed here. Many counties also have their own official election results pages, which are not listed here.

It is rare for a state to have a complete run of historical election records online; many of the official documents are only available in paper format, especially for years prior to 1990. Previous studies of election results data have noted that official records at the county level have been routinely archived, forgotten, or discarded.[1]

Official results may be in PDF, Excel, CSV, HTML, Election Markup Language, or plain text formats, and may be scans of the original paper documents. Not everything here is easily machine readable for further processing. There are a number of sources for this data where the original source documents have been keyed in and checked and turned into machine readable databases.[2]

A second table below illustrates with some examples of formats.

StateOfficeElection URLResults
United StatesFederal Election Commissionhttps://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/election-and-voting-information/1982–2010[3]
AlabamaSecretary of State of Alabamahttps://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/voter/election-informationLive - 2000–2012 1992–2012 1976–2000[4]
AlaskaAlaska Division of Electionshttp://www.elections.alaska.gov/1960–2012
ArizonaArizona Secretary of Statehttps://web.archive.org/web/20100716003728/https://www.azsos.gov/election/1974–2012
ArkansasSecretary of State of Arkansashttps://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Pages/default.aspx1976–2012
CaliforniaCalifornia Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/1990–2012 1995–2011 1849–2012[5]
ColoradoSecretary of State of Coloradohttp://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/1996–2012
ConnecticutSecretary of the State of Connecticut2008–2012 1998–2007 1922–2012 (PDF)
DelawareDelaware Commissioner of Electionshttp://elections.delaware.gov/1970–2012 1940–1952 (PDF) [6]
District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethicshttp://www.dcboee.org1992–2012[7]
FloridaFlorida Division of Electionshttps://web.archive.org/web/20090417203023/http://election.dos.state.fl.us/1978–2012
GeorgiaGeorgia Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.ga.gov/elections/1988–2012
HawaiiState of Hawaii Office of Electionshttp://hawaii.gov/elections/1992–2012
IdahoIdaho Secretary of Statehttps://web.archive.org/web/20120213050000/http://www.sos.idaho.gov/elect/eleindex.htm1990–2012
IllinoisIllinois State Board of Electionshttps://web.archive.org/web/20070212042840/http://www.elections.il.gov/1998–2012
IndianaSecretary of State of Indianahttp://www.in.gov/sos/elections/index.htm2001–2012
IowaIowa Secretary of Statehttp://sos.iowa.gov/1996–2012 1936–1990
KansasKansas Secretary of Statehttp://www.kssos.org/elections/elections.html1980–2012
KentuckyKentucky State Board of Electionshttp://elect.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx1973–2012
LouisianaLouisiana Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.la.gov/1982–2012
MaineSecretary of State of Mainehttp://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/1990–2012
MarylandMaryland State Board of Electionshttp://www.elections.state.md.us/1986–2012
MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusettshttps://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/2000–2012
MichiganMichigan Secretary of Statehttp://www.michigan.gov/elections1996–2012 1836–1904 [8]
MinnesotaMinnesota Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.state.mn.us/index.aspx?page=41998–2012 1857–2011 (PDF)
MississippiMississippi Secretary of Statehttps://web.archive.org/web/20110428224147/http://www.sos.ms.gov/elections.aspx2003–2010 2011–2012
MissouriMissouri Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/2002–2012
MontanaMontana Secretary of Statehttp://sos.mt.gov/elections/index.asp1992–2012
NebraskaNebraska Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.ne.gov/dyindex.html2000–2012
New HampshireNew Hampshire Secretary of Statehttp://sos.nh.gov/Elections.aspx1998–2012
New JerseyNew Jersey Secretary of Statehttp://njelections.org1989–2012 1924–2012 (PDF)
New MexicoNew Mexico Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.state.nm.us1994–2012
New YorkNew York State Board of Electionshttps://web.archive.org/web/20120107201434/http://www.elections.ny.gov/1994–2012
North CarolinaNorth Carolina State Board of Electionshttp://www.ncsbe.gov/1992–2012 1948–1968
North DakotaNorth Dakota Secretary of Statehttp://www.nd.gov/sos/electvote/1889–2012 (yes 1889)
OhioOhio Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/elections.aspx1940–2012
OklahomaOklahoma State Election Boardhttp://www.ok.gov/elections/index.html2004–2012
OregonOregon State Elections Divisionhttp://sos.oregon.gov/1988 - present
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Department of Statehttp://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/2000–2012
Rhode IslandRhode Island Secretary of Statehttp://sos.ri.gov/elections/1976–2010
South CarolinaSouth Carolina State Election Commissionhttp://www.scvotes.org/1996–2012
South DakotaSouth Dakota Secretary of Statehttp://sdsos.gov/Elections/Default.aspx1889–2012
TennesseeTennessee Secretary of Statehttp://www.tn.gov/sos/election/index.htm1998–2012
TexasTexas Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml1992–2012
UtahUtah Lieutenant Governorhttp://elections.utah.gov/Live 2012 1960–2012
VermontVermont Secretary of Statehttps://web.archive.org/web/20140210125755/http://vermont-elections.org/Live 2012 1974–2012
VirginiaVirginia State Board of Electionshttps://web.archive.org/web/20080516040912/http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/1984–2012
WashingtonWashington Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/1900–2012
West VirginiaWest Virginia Secretary of Statehttp://www.sos.wv.gov/elections/Pages/default.aspx1950–2012
WisconsinWisconsin Secretary of Statehttp://gab.wi.gov/elections-voting2010–2012 2000–2009
WyomingWyoming Secretary of Statehttp://soswy.state.wy.us/Elections/Elections.aspx1996–2012

Data formats

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This table shows the variety of formats encountered when looking at election data. It aims, at the minimum, to show the easiest to process and the hardest to process examples from an election in each state.

StateElectionData URLComments
Alabama1992 General Election results, County levelExcel
2010 Certified General Election Results, complete with write-in appendixPDF; parts scanned with hand written corrections
Alaska1960 General ElectionPDF, scanned from typewritten manuscript
2008 General ElectionHTML, "GEMS Election Results" format
Arizona1974 General Election CanvassPDF, scanned from nth generation copy, italic font
2010 General Election, unofficial resultsWeb-based reporting system from Clarity; detail reports in XML, TXT, Excel
Arkansas1976 Election ResultsPDF, scanned, some pages upside down
2006 Election Results PublicationExcel
California1990 Statement of the VotePDF, scanned, fonts uneven/broken
2010 Statement of the VotePDF from digital original
2012 election results for news mediaElection Markup Language format [9]
Colorado2010 Abstract of Votes CastPDF from digital original
Utah2010 General ElectionExcel

References

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  1. ↑ The Record of American Democracy, 1984–1990, Gary King; Bradley Palmquist; Greg Adams; Micah Altman; Kenneth Benoit; Claudine Gay; Jeffrey B. Lewis; Russ Mayer; and Eric Reinhardt. 1997. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA [producer], Ann Arbor, MI: ICPSR [distributor].
  2. ↑ US Election Atlas, e.g.
  3. ↑ "Federal Elections", Federal Election Commission; published every 2 years since 1982.
  4. ↑ Historical Election Results, Secretary of State of Alabama
  5. ↑ "Inventory of the Elections Division", California State Archives. Paper records only
  6. ↑ Voting Statistics, Elections of 1940–1952 incl.
  7. ↑ "Election Results", District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics
  8. ↑ Michigan Manual, 1906, pg. 392 and following
  9. ↑ Election Night Data Feed guide, version 6.0, California Secretary of State
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