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Arkansas

Merged at MCD Group level.

There are several electoral precincts of the form A-B where A and B have different MCDGRPs. MCDGRP -A gets the electoral precincts information and MCDGRP -B gets nothing which often results in no voting data for that group. An exception is made MCDGRP -A already has other electoral precincts information matched and MCDGRP -B has none, in which case the match goes to B. The following is a list of the MCDGRPs that received a surplus and deficit of electoral precincts information:

SURPLUS       DEFICIT         1990   1988     1986    1984
   
   23            24                                     x
  120           127             x       
  131           128             x 
  110           132             x
  123           124             x
  130           129             x
  111           117             x
  115           114             x
  112           119             x
  141           140                             x
  233           234                             x
  249           248             x       x       x       x
  285           282             x
  296           284             x
  359           358             x
  392           408                     x       x       x
  403           391             x       x
  391           403                             x       x
  452           456,451         x
  476           470             x       x       x       x
  479           480                     x       x       x
  488           489             x       x       x       x
  481           480,486         x
  486           480                     x
  487           475             x       x       x       x
  472           480             x
  522           521             x       x       x       x
  567           566             x
  600           599                     x
  601           602                     x
  605           603                     x
  608           607                     x
  611           608                     x
  617           612,616                 x       x       x
  618           615                     x       x       x
  620           621,619                 x       x       x
  622           614                     x       x       x
  635           636             x       x       x
  653           652             x
  659           655                     x
  660           ---             x
  660           655                     x
  739           742             x       x
  744           745             x       x
  749           751                     x
  754           753,758         x       x
  757           756                     x
  762           763                     x
  772           770             x       x
  775           774             x       x
  764           763             x

The x's signify for which years a problem exists in any pair. In any year checked, both members of the pair are marked as questionable.

Spelling errors abound in this state. The following are the more dubious matches which are possibly matched in error:

Year    MCDGRP  Census Precinct      Electoral Precinct

1988     713    DOBSON               DOLESON
1988     715    LUNSFORD             SUNSFORD

1986      79    OLEVY                ILVEY
1986     133    LADRAN               CADRAN
1986     135    CENTER POST          O. POST
1986     138    GRASSEY              TRASSEY
1986     365    BROWN SPRINGS        BROWN SANNAS
1986     396    GREENSBORO           GAINSBORO  
1986     715    LUNSFORD             SUNSFORD

1984     365    BROWN SPRINGS        BROWN SANNAS
1984     855    MARION               MORION

This state had to be re-grouped and re-processed with new exceptions.

Electoral precincts with 'PAPER ' in their names were assumed to be absentee precincts.




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