Parse PDF files into CSVs using Tabula

[dwillis]

Using Tabula, convert county-specific precinct result PDFs into CSV files located in this repository. The CSV file names are set according to our naming conventions; for example, the 2014 Beaver County general election file would be 20141104__ut__general__beaver__precinct.csv. See our guide for pre-processing this data for more details.

Pick a county and list it in a comment below in order to claim it.

New to Tabula? See how we use it in OpenElections.

[mattmontgomery]

I've had more luck with pdftotext than Tabula. Will send a PR with an incomplete parsing script.

[alicefeng]

I've started working on putting together the 2016 general election results dataset for Utah.

[dwillis]

@alicefeng thanks so much! are you willing/available to tackle 2014 as well?

[alicefeng]

@dwillis you're welcome! I'm likely not going to have as much time the next few months but if you're in no particular rush for the data, I could chip away at it.

[dwillis]

@alicefeng no rush at all.

[teacupwoozy]

@dwillis I can start working on this today. Is there a particular year that has a higher priority to start with?

[dwillis]

@teacupwoozy Thanks! I'd start with the 2014 general election: #5

[teacupwoozy]

@dwillis thanks - will do!

[smitsrr]

@dwillis I can start working on this today. Is there a particular year that has a higher priority to start with?

Salt Lake County - General Elections for 2018 ;-)

[dwillis]

@smitsrr it's done! https://github.com/openelections/openelections-data-ut/blob/master/2018/20181106__ut__general__salt_lake__precinct.csv

[smitsrr]

Awesome!!!