GOP Data Center voter records are derived from the RNC National Voter File, which is regularly updated from state voter records and other data sources. Voter information that can be changed by users from the Find a Voter tool are italicized.
Voter information from the voter file
Registered Name: First Name, Middle Name (or initial), Last Name, and Suffix Name (such as Jr., Sr., or III).
Registered Address: physical address provided from the voter file.
A Secondary (Mailing) Address may also be provided to include Post Office Box, Military/APO, or other another alternative mailing address.
Date of Birth (DOB)
Notes: some states may only provide the birth year, and the DOB will be set as 1/1/yyyy for calculating age ranges. Records may be updated from consumer data sources.
Registered Party: applied as "Official Party" in states that register voters by party.
Last Activity Date: when the voter record was last updated in the jurisdiction's voter file (when provided).
Voter Status: Active, Inactive, Cancelled, or Unknown.
Calculated or appended voter data
Age Range: 18 - 25, 26 - 35, 36 - 45, 46 - 55, 56 - 61, or 62 or over.
Calculated Age: derived from the voter's Date of Birth.
Gender: provided from voter file or from consumer data sources.
Has Moved: a registered address with a National Change of Address (NCOA) flag may be marked as Has Moved, and users may update a voter record for filtering voter lists.
Is Deceased: users may mark a voter as "Deceased" for filtering voter lists.
Ethnicity Types
State Reported Ethnicity: some states allow their voters to report their ethnicity in the official state voter file.
Modeled Ethnicity: applies a formula that takes into account many data points to predict a voter's ethnicity category.
Observed Ethnicity: user-updated information for voters from voter contact projects.
Custom Voter Fields: additional voter information that is added by the State Party.
Congressional District (CD): US Representative District
State Senate District (SD): Upper House District
State Legislative District (LD): Lower House District or Assembly District
County / Parish: Local jurisdiction name
City: Registered address city name
Precinct: Election District
Custom Districts: includes geographic or district information not generally provided in the voter file, such as School District, County Council District, Ward, Township, and City Council District.