Used in request and response messages. ElectionAdministration optionally includes this class to specify how to contact the election administration. Voter optionally includes this class to specify the method for contacting a voter regarding the voter’s request. If the voter can be contacted in multiple ways, the application creating the data should order the occurrences of ContactMethod by priority. The PhoneContactMethod class uses ContactMethod as a base class, and should be used with when the contact method is for a telephone and it is necessary to describe the capabilities of the telephone. The Capability attribute is provided by the PhoneContactMethod class. Attribute Multiplicity Type Attribute Description Type 1 ContactMethodType The contact method type, e.g. email or phone. OtherType 0..1 String Used when ContactMethodType value is other. Value 1 String The value of the ContactMethod. This will be the text value of the phone number, email address, or other mechanism. The values must be free of any formatting characters, such as parentheses or dashes for a phone number.
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Used in request and response messages. ElectionAdministration optionally includes this class to specify how to contact the election administration. Voter optionally includes this class to specify the method for contacting a voter regarding the voter’s request. If the voter can be contacted in multiple ways, the application creating the data should order the occurrences of ContactMethod by priority. The PhoneContactMethod class uses ContactMethod as a base class, and should be used with when the contact method is for a telephone and it is necessary to describe the capabilities of the telephone. The Capability attribute is provided by the PhoneContactMethod class. Attribute Multiplicity Type Attribute Description Type 1 ContactMethodType The contact method type, e.g. email or phone. OtherType 0..1 String Used when ContactMethodType value is other. Value 1 String The value of the ContactMethod. This will be the text value of the phone number, email address, or other mechanism. The values must be free of any formatting characters, such as parentheses or dashes for a phone number.
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Contactmethod. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 22, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/contactmethod
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