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where can I get access to this data?
by cowabungamann 9y ago
where can I get access to this data?
- DannyBee 9y agoContact anyone with a voter file (google "voter file purchase") Trivially: http://nationbuilder.com/voterfile http://nationbuilder.com/voterfile etc As for "For free", states are generally required by law to give it to you if you ask. Some charge fees. Only two have crazy fees (5k and 30k) has a crazy fee (though if you challenge them, ...etc) https://trello.com/b/IlZkwYc0/national-voter-file-states-pipeline https://trello.com/b/IlZkwYc0/national-voter-file-states-pip... There is a github project i'm aware of to put together all of the data: https://github.com/national-voter-file/national-voter-file https://github.com/national-voter-file/national-voter-file
- hncommenter13 9y agoFYI, be careful what you do with it. Some of this sort of data--like federal contribution data from the FEC--cannot be legally used for commercial purposes[0]. They do actually enforce it, at least occasionally. [0] https://transition.fec.gov/pages/brochures/saleuse.shtml#anchor578478 https://transition.fec.gov/pages/brochures/saleuse.shtml#anc... (publication is from 1992, but still accurate per disclaimer at the top)