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Externalidentifier

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Used in request and response messages. BallotStyle , Election , Party and ReportingUnit optionally include this class for associating a jurisdiction’s codes, i.e., identifiers, with political parties or geopolitical units such as counties, towns, precincts, etc. Multiple occurrences of ExternalIdentifier can be used to associate multiple codes, e.g., if there is a desire to associate multiple codes with an object such as state-specific codes as well as OCD-IDs (Open Civic Data Identifiers). Attribute Multiplicity Type Attribute Description Type 1 IdentifierType An identifier type, e.g., FIPS. OtherType 0..1 String Used when Type value is other. Value 1 String The identifier used by the jurisdiction.

Also known asexternal ID · external code · jurisdictional identifier · OCD-ID · FIPS code · geopolitical identifier
1 sources cited4 related termsReviewed Aug 10, 2026
Voter Records Interchange Common Data Format SpecificationView source

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Used in request and response messages. BallotStyle , Election , Party and ReportingUnit optionally include this class for associating a jurisdiction’s codes, i.e., identifiers, with political parties or geopolitical units such as counties, towns, precincts, etc. Multiple occurrences of ExternalIdentifier can be used to associate multiple codes, e.g., if there is a desire to associate multiple codes with an object such as state-specific codes as well as OCD-IDs (Open Civic Data Identifiers). Attribute Multiplicity Type Attribute Description Type 1 IdentifierType An identifier type, e.g., FIPS. OtherType 0..1 String Used when Type value is other. Value 1 String The identifier used by the jurisdiction.

Voter Records Interchange Common Data Format Specification · 2024

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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Externalidentifier. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 20, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/externalidentifier

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Voter Records Interchange Common Data Format Specification
Voter Records Interchange Common Data Format Specification

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