VCF9153 Vote Valid: Status of Office Voting Records

QUESTION:
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VOTE VALIDATION STUDY:

VALID_CODES:
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1.  Office records appear to be adequate, no information
    about deficiencies
2.  Some office voting records not accessible*
3.  R's name unknown and/or insufficient address and/or
    registered out of area** (not 1984,1986: see code 0)
5.  No office voting records accessible***

MISSING_CODES:
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8.  DK (1980:  0,9 in orig. dataset var 1207: 27 cases
      office error [5 in VCF9152] and 31 cases registered
      at different address [see note VCF9152]; 1976: 5 in
      VCF9152, records not sent to field)
9.  Office refused (7 in VCF9152)
0.  Office not identified (0 in VCF9149: 1984,1986 only);
      1976 non-Panel Rs
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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See note VCF9149,VCF9152.
GENERAL NOTE:
This variable basically describes conditions at the records office
identified in VCF9149:
A- If R's election office was identified in VCF9149 then VCF9153 has
been coded-- regardless whether R was validated or not
applies specifically to 1988,1990).
B- In 1984 and 1986, R's records office was not identified if R
was unvalidated (0 in VCF9149): 1984 and 1986 unvalidated Rs
appear in MD code 0.
C- Records offices were not identified at all prior to 1984,
however some (limited) information about cases of inaccessibility
of voting records was obtained during 1980, 1978 and 1976.  Note
that all 1976-1980 cases have been coded 1 except for such
exceptions (described below and coded 5) and for name/address
problems (code 3).
In 1978 and 1976, identification of records office (VCF9149) was not
established, and minimal information about condition/accessibility of
office records was collected.  Information available from 1978  is
that in 32 cases (8 in original var 1409) of Rs with active
registration (coded 1 in VCF9152), interviewers were unable to check
voting records at all:  these cases have been coded 5 in VCF9153.
Similarly, information available from 1976 indicates that in 31 cases
of Rs (weighted:  code 8 in original var 5012) with active
registration status (coded 1 in VCF9152), interviewers were unable to
check vote records:  these cases have also been coded 5 in VCF9153.
No cases in VCF9153 are coded 2 for 1978 or 1976.
Code 1:   1984:  includes 40 cases which were coded 67, 68, or 998 in
VCF9149 (election office) and which were labeled "problem with
registration records" in the original dataset's variable (V1129).
For all but 11 of these 40 cases, however, a voting record was found,
and, of the 11 for whom no voting record was subsequently found, 7 were 
cases of telephone (limited) attempt at validation.
Code 3:   Except for 1984 and 1986, code 3 encompasses situations in
which it was impossible to check specifically for R's records. 
Information identical to code 3 for 1984 and 1986 is found in 
VCF9152 code 3.
Code 5:   1984:  No cases appear in code 5 for 1984, because the
original dataset variable combined cases of voting records "wholly OR
partially unavailable" into a single code category (contained here in
code 2).
CODE ANNOTATION:
*   1988:  election offices 65,75,80,81,89,90,110,111
*   1986:  election offices 3,17,37-39,50,75,111,125,145,156.
*   1984:  election offices 61,65,76,79,82
**  1990:  9 in orig. dataset var V2003
**  1988:  2,9 in orig. dataset var V1143.
*** 1990:  election office 182
*** 1988:  code 1 in orig. dataset var 1145 [all cases, election
           office 76]
*** 1986:  election offices 68,69,79 and 1 case election office
           169 (3 other cases in 169 coded 1 in VCF9153 in
           accordance with original dataset)
*** 1976-1980:  see above
1980 NOTE:
Identification of records office (VCF9149) was not established, and 
minimal information about condition/accessibility of office records was 
collected.  Information available is that in 1980 in Montgomery County 
Alabama, Madison County Alabama, and  Acadia Parish Lousiana, the 
electoral offices would not allow any voting records to be accessible 
(20 cases, 5 in VCF9153)-- although the office had already allowed 
verification of registration status (coded 1 in VCF9152).  There are no 
cases in code 2 for 1980.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1976:  765012  
1978:  781409
1980:  801207  
1984:  841129 
1986:  860800  
1988:  881117,881143,881145
1990:  902003,902005