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As such, LA County differentiates between formal party nominated affiliation and candidates’ self-selected party preference.\r\n( http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/voter-info/elections-in-california.htm )\r\nIn order to help clarify to voters these differences, there is additional text as part of the Contest and Candidate party affiliation.\r\n\r\nUsing the California Governor as example:\r\n\r\nIn a traditional Partisan format:\r\n  * Contest: Governor\r\n  * Candidate: Jerry Brown – Democratic / DEM\r\n\r\nAnd in a Voter Nominated format:\r\n  * Contest: Governor – Voter Nominated\r\n  * Candidate: Jerry Brown – Party Preference: Democratic / Pref: DEM\r\n  <br/>or shortened<br/>\r\n  * Candidate: Jerry Brown –Pref: Democratic / VN:DEM\r\n\r\nThe “Voter Nominated” identification text on the contest can easily be handled via the ContestBase.BallotSubTitle element. The additional text that accompanies the candidate affiliation raises a question of “how best to accomplish”. My first instinct is to create a copy of the root party, adjust the element content to fit, and then treat it like any other party using ID ref’s for its linkage to a candidate.\r\n\r\nI.E.\r\n```xml\r\n  <Party id=\"par1\">\r\n    <Abbreviation>DEM</Abbreviation>\r\n    <Name>\r\n      <Text language=\"en\">Democratic</Text>\r\n    </Name>\r\n  </Party>\r\n\r\n  <Party id=\"par1vn\">\r\n    <Abbreviation>VN:DEM</Abbreviation>\r\n    <Name>\r\n      <Text language=\"en\">Pref: Democratic</Text>\r\n    </Name>\r\n  </Party>\r\n```\r\n\r\nThere is no master governing list of acceptable political parties. And active political parties can vary between jurisdictions. What are thought of as “Minor” political parties are treated no different, data wise. So, the Spec already supports variation in the list of parties.\r\n\r\nDoes this seem like an acceptable tactic? Other thoughts, concerns, alternatives?\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/issues/comments/182001983","html_url":"https://github.com/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/issues/268#issuecomment-182001983","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/votinginfoproject/vip-specification/issues/268","id":182001983,"user":{"login":"jdmgoogle","id":10949127,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10949127?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle","html_url":"https://github.com/jdmgoogle","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdmgoogle/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-02-09T18:51:36Z","updated_at":"2016-02-09T18:51:36Z","body":"Closed by #308."}}