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UPDATES:
4/22/2016
Adds customer test at 2p.m. on Friday April 22, to the customer testing schedule.
Adds clarification that there will be no reporting of votes on the Judicial Retirement Age ballot issue to the Anomalies section of this advisory.
4/21/2016
Notifies that precinct totals have been changed in several counties and all precinct totals are now considered final in the testing information section.
Clarifies that the U.S. House 2 Dem race is part of the PA-TopRaces-Glance package in the definitions of key words in slugs section.
(4/20/2016)
Removes judicial retirement age ballot issue from TopRaces-Glance and StateWideGlance packages, to slug descriptions and election profile.
Clarifies description of GOP delegate allocation in the Delegate Allocation section.
Adds information about tabulation of the U.S. Senate Democratic primary in the Anomalies section.
Adds confirmation that statewide and race-specific precinct totals are final.
(4/15/2016)
Restores judicial retirement age ballot issue to TopRaces-Glance and StateWideGlance packages, to slug descriptions and election profile.
(4/12/2016)
Adds to Election Anomalies information about Kevin Boyle, a candidate in two races.
Restores judicial retirement age ballot issue to TopRaces-Glance and StateWideGlance packages, from slug descriptions and election profile.
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The Pennsylvania Primary is Tuesday, April 26.
Poll Close: 8 p.m.
First Results Expected: 8:15 p.m.
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DELEGATE ALLOCATION
During testing and election night, AP will allocate presidential delegates, except during the day of the final test. Allocation may not reach 100 percent of available delegates during testing or on election night.
The Pennsylvania Democrats have 189 pledged delegates, allocated by district and statewide vote per standard. On election night, AP will gather precinct-level results as counties reach 100% of precincts reporting in order to calculate votes for the Democratic presidential candidates broken down by U.S. Congressional District. The AP will then use those district breakdowns to calculate delegate allocation. It is possible that not all district breakdowns will be complete on election night but the AP will continue to calculate them until it ends tabulation. (4/15/2016)
Pennsylvania Republicans have 17 pledged at-large delegates allocated winner-take-all based on the statewide presidential vote, and 54 delegates directly elected on the primary ballot that can vote for whichever presidential candidate they choose on the convention ballot. The 54 elected delegates are not identified on the primary ballot by a candidate affiliation. AP will not be tabulating the district delegate results(4/20/2016)
ANOMALIES
Votes for the Judicial Retirement Age ballot issue will not be tabulated or reported. Voting on the issue has been ordered delayed until November.
In the GOP primary, these candidates suspended their campaigns after the withdrawal deadline but will remain on the ballot and in unofficial election night results: Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio.
Kevin Boyle is running for two offices in this election: State Senate District 5 and State House District 172.
U.S. Senate candidate Joseph Vodvarka has been ordered back on the ballot. Some counties had already printed ballots without his name and thus will be issuing paper ballots for this one race. Some counties will not be tabulating those results until the day after the election. Expect incomplete and delayed results for this one contest. (4/20/2016)
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TESTING INFORMATION:
Testing Dates and Times:
April 11, 13, 14 (Mon-Wed-Thu) 2-3 p.m
April 18, 20, 21, 22 (Mon-Wed-Thu-Fri) 2-3 p.m.
April 25 (Mon) 2-3 p.m.
—This advisory will be updated throughout the testing period.
AP Exchange search criteria for one state and for multiple states: apgeography_name=(Pennsylvania) AND category=”v” AND slug=(Election Testing Or Caucus Testing)
—Zeros will be transmitted after testing on the eve of the election, Monday, April 25.
—Race calls: AP will make race calls on election night, unless a race is too close to call. Race calls will be made during testing, except on the day of the final test, Monday, April 25.
—Races and candidates are considered final. AP will advise of any changes.
—Some county precinct figures have been updated. Statewide and race-specific precinct totals are now final.
—Uncontested races: AP does not tabulate uncontested races. A list races, LA-Uncontested, will move to premium service subscribers at ftp://electionsonline.ap.org/PA/anpa/ and to state news and broadcast services after the last polls close.
—Winners: AP will move a list of unofficial winners at the end of tabulation and during each test, except on the final day of testing. A list of winners, PA-Winners will move to premium services at ftp://electionsonline.ap.org/PA/anpa/.
—End of tabulation: AP will advise when its election night tabulation of results has concluded, generally before 6 p.m. Eastern the day after the election.
ELECTION DAY INFORMATION:
Premium Election Customers:
Premium Election Products (API, APEO-FTP, ANPA-FTP, Elections Hosted)
-Will have live zeroes by 2 a.m. Eastern, Election Day
-Will have live results after polls close
AP Exchange & Webfeeds Users:
-On Election Day from 1-2 p.m. Eastern, there will be a “live” (non-test) transmission of reports with zeros sent to AP Exchange and Webfeeds; at which time, the test disclaimer in the reports will be removed.
-Please pull in these live zero reports to clear your systems of test data.
-After polls close on Election Day, live results will move to AP Exchange and Webfeeds per the schedule in this advisory
NATIONAL SUMMARY AND STATE-BY-STATE DELEGATE ALLOCATION
-AP’s National Election system will also test during state testing.
The following reports can be found on the National PRINT (Member Choice Basic/Member Choice Plus/Member Choice Complete) and National BROADCAST (OpenWire/NewsPower/Newspower Max) wires.
Presidential State-by-State votes for PRIMARIES on Election Day:
BC-PP-Dem-Pres-All / BC-PP-GOP-Pres-All – The number of votes each candidate has received on Election Day, by state, for all states having presidential primaries that election day.
Schedule: National Print: 2x/hr @ :25 and :55; National Broadcast: 4x/hr @ :10, :25, :40, :55
Presidential State-by-State votes for CAUCUSES on Election Day:
BC-PC-Dem-Pres-All / BC-PC-GOP-Pres-All -The number of votes each candidate has received on Election Day, by state, for all states having caucuses that election day.
Schedule: National Print: 2x/hr @ :25 and :55; National Broadcast: 4x/hr @ :10, :25, :40, :55
State-by-State Delegate Allocation report on Election Day:
BC-PP-Dem-Delg-All/BC-PP-GOP-Delg-All- The total number of delegates allocated to each candidate on Election Day for each states having an election that day.
Schedule: National Print: 2x/hr @ :25 and :55; National Broadcast: 4x/hr @ :05, :20, :35, :50
National Delegate Summary Report:
BC-AP Delegate Count – Total number of Dem and GOP delegates that have been allocated nationally.
Schedule: National Print: 1x/hr @ :05; National Broadcast: 1x/hr @ :05
ELECTION PROFILE
Pennsylvania voters will go to the polls to vote in the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, a U.S. Senate Democratic primary and Democratic and Republican primaries for attorney general. There are also 10 primaries for U.S. House of Representative seats, eight primaries for state Senate seats and 41 primaries for seats in the state House of Representatives. U.S. Senate Republican Pat Toomey is unopposed.
TESTING BASICS:
—Test results are created electronically to test the accuracy of the election night reporting system and do not reflect an expectation of election results. They should not be broadcast, published, replicated or posted on websites.
—It is vital to read daily advisories during the testing period. Advisories move to premium subscribers’ FTP folders and news service advisory queues. Advisories will note updates to reports affecting candidates, races, precinct totals, etc., and will indicate the date when the updates will appear. Changes may be made up to Election Day.
—Capture each test during the testing period, including the day before the election. Confirm (1) you have the latest updates, (2) reports include votes for each candidate in each race, and for digital users (3) every race goes to 100 percent of precincts reporting, unless otherwise noted in an advisory.
—All reports move to news and broadcast services in each test. Frequency of test reports may not reflect the election night schedule detailed below. For example, county tables for contested U.S. House races move to Member Choice subscribers in each hour-long test, but will move just twice on election night. Premium service subscribers should note schedules for their regular AP services and for FTP folders.
CONTACTS – ELECTION REPORTS
—Direct questions about election reports, testing, or delivery to the AP Elections Online service to AP Customer Support at (877) 836-9477 or [email protected].
—Documentation for the AP Elections Online service is available at http://apdigitalsupport.ap.org.
—Direct questions about news and photo coverage to News Editor Larry Rosenthal, phone (215) 446-6631; email [email protected]
CONTACTS – SERVICE CHANGES
—Members and customers interested in our premium election services should contact Sales planning Manager Tara Mahoney, phone (212) 6211759, email [email protected].
DEFINITIONS OF KEY WORDS IN SLUGS
“TopRaces-Glance-Sum” are vote summaries, showing the total number of precincts in each race, the number of precincts reporting, the percentage of precincts reporting, the candidates’ names, their numbers of votes and the percentage of the vote they have at that time for the Democratic and GOP presidential primaries, the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, the Democratic and GOP primaries for state attorney general and the Democratic primary for U.S. House District 2.
“Pres-Sum” is a vote summary showing the total number of precincts in the president race, the number of precincts reporting, the candidates’ names, their numbers of votes and the percentage of the vote they have at that time for the Democratic and GOP Presidential races.
—”Pres-Cnty” shows the total number of precincts in the race, the total number of precincts in each county, the number of precincts reporting and the votes for each editorial candidate, by county, in tabular format.
—”Pres-CntyLong” are summaries listed by county showing the total number of precincts in the race, the total number of precincts in each county, the number of precincts reporting, the votes for each editorial candidate, by county, in summary format.
“Pres-Reg-CD” shows the total number of precincts in the race the total number of precincts in each county, the number of precincts reporting, the votes for each editorial candidate, by county within each congressional district.
—”Pres-Reg-CD-Sum” shows the total number of precincts in the race, the total number of precincts in each U.S. House District, the number of precincts reporting, the votes for each editorial candidate, by U.S. House District.
—”Delg-SumD” shows the number of precincts statewide, the number of precincts reporting, the candidates’ names and the number of delegates estimated to be allocated to each candidate.
— “Delg-Dist” shows the number of precincts by delegate district/CD, the number of precincts reporting, the candidates’ names and the number of delegates estimated to be allocated to each candidate in the Republican presidential primary.
Senate-CntyLong – shows the total number of precincts in the race, the total number of precincts in each county, the number of precincts reporting, the votes for each editorial candidate, by county, in summary format for the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
Statewid-Glance-Sum” shows vote summaries, showing the total number of precincts in each race, the number of precincts reporting, the percentage of precincts reporting, the candidates’ names, their numbers of votes and the percentage of the vote they have at that time for the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, and the Democratic and GOP primaries for attorney general.
House-(District number)-CntyLong shows the total number of precincts in the race, the total number of precincts in each county, the number of precincts reporting, the votes for each editorial candidate, by county, in summary format, for Democratic and GOP primaries for the U.S. House of Representatives.
House-(District number)-Cnty shows the total number of precincts in the race, the total number of precincts in each county, the number of precincts reporting, the votes for each editorial candidate, by county, in summary format for Democratic and GOP primaries for the U.S. House of Representatives.
—”House-Contested”- Shows total precincts, precincts reporting, candidate names, vote tallies and the vote percentage. There is one table for the Democratic Party primaries and one for the GOP primaries.
—”StSen-Contested”- Shows total precincts, precincts reporting, candidate names, vote tallies and the vote percentage in all contested State Senate primaries. There is one table for Democratic Party races and one for GOP races.
—”StHou-Contested” -Shows total precincts, precincts reporting, candidate names, vote tallies and the vote percentage they have in all contested State House of Representatives primaries. There is one table for Democratic Party races and one for GOP races.
ELECTION NIGHT SLUGS BY SERVICE/ Election Night Report Schedule
—Here are the slugs for the reports AP will provide and approximate times they will be move each hour to digital feeds and news/broadcast services after polls close election night:
Premium Elections Results via Digital Feeds (ANPA-FTP, APEO-FTP, Hosted):
—Results are updated every five to seven minutes for the following reports:
BC-PA-TopRaces-Glance-Sum
BC-PA-Dem-Pres-Sum
BC-PA-GOP-Pres-Sum
BC-PA-Dem-Pres-Cnty
BC-PA-GOP-Pres-Cnty
BC-PA-Dem-Pres-CntyLong
BC-PA-GOP-Pres-CntyLong
BC-PA-Dem-Delg-SumD
BC-PA-GOP-Delg-SumD
BC-PA-Dem-Delg-Dist
BC-PA-GOP-Delg-Dist
BC-PA-Dem-Pres-Reg-CD-Sum
BC-PA-GOP-Pres-Reg-CD-Sum
BC-PA-Dem-Pres-Reg-CD
BC-PA-GOP-Pres-Reg-CD
BC PA-Dem-House-2-Cnty
BC PA-Dem-House-2-CntyLong
BC PA-Dem-House-6-Cnty
BC PA-Dem-House-6-CntyLong
BC PA-Dem-House-7-Cnty
BC PA-Dem-House-7-CntyLong
BC PA-Dem-House-8-Cnty
BC PA-Dem-House-8-CntyLong
BC PA-Dem-House-14-Cnty
BC PA-Dem-House-14-CntyLong
BC PA-Dem-House-Contested
BC PA-Dem-Senate-Cnty
BC-PA-Dem-Senate-CntyLong
BC PA-Dem-StHou-Contested
BC PA-Dem-StSen-Contested
BC-PA-GOP-House-7-Cnty
BC-PA-GOP-House-7-CntyLong
BC-PA-GOP-House-8-Cnty
BC-PA-GOP-House-8-CntyLong
BC-PA-GOP-House-9-Cnty
BC-PA-GOP-House-9-CntyLong
BC-PA-GOP-House-16-Cnty
BC-PA-GOP-House-16-CntyLong
BC-PA-GOP-House-17-Cnty
BC- PA-GOP-House-17-CntyLong
BC-PA-GOP-House-Contested
BC-PA-GOP-StHou-Contested
BC-PA-GOP-StSen-Contested
BC-PA-Statewid-Glance-Sum
BC-PA-TopRaces-Glance-Sum
BC-PA-Uncontested
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Member Choice Basic / Member Choice Plus / Member Choice Complete, includes Webfeeds and AP Exchange:
BC-PA-Dem-Delg-SumD, every 30 minutes at :05 and :35.
BC-PA-GOP-Delg-SumD, every 30 minutes at :05 and :35
BC-PA-Statewid-Glance-Sum, hourly at :10
BC-PA-TopRaces-Glance-Sum, every 30 minutes at :20 and :50
BC-PA-Dem-Pres-Cnty, hourly at :20.
BC-PA-GOP-Pres-Cnty, hourly at :20.
BC PA-Dem-House-Contested, hourly at :40
BC-PA-GOP-House-Contested, hourly at :40.
BC PA-Dem-StSen-Contested, even-numbered hours at :40.
BC-PA-GOP-StSen-Contested, even-numbered hours at :40.
BC-PA-GOP-StHou-Contested, odd-numbered hours at :45.
BC PA-Dem-StHou-Contested, odd-numbered hours at :45.
BC PA-Dem-Senate-Cnty, hourly at :50
BC PA-Dem-House-14-Cnty, at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
BC PA-Dem-House-2-Cnty, at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
BC PA-Dem-House-6-Cnty, at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
BC PA-Dem-House-7-Cnty, at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
BC PA-Dem-House-8-Cnty, at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
BC-PA-GOP-House-16-Cnty, at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
BC-PA-GOP-House-17-Cnty, at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
BC-PA-GOP-House-7-Cnty, at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
BC-PA-GOP-House-8-Cnty, at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
BC-PA-GOP-House-9-Cnty, at 11 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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OpenWire / NewsPower / Newspower Max, includes Webfeeds and AP Exchange:
AP- PA-Statewid-Glance-Sum, hourly at :10
AP-PA-TopRaces-Glance-Sum, every 30 minutes at :20 and :50.
AP-PA-Dem-Delg-SumD, hourly at :35. AP-PA-GOP-Delg-SumD, hourly at 35.
AP-PA-Dem-House-Contested, even-numbered hours at :40
AP-PA-GOP-House-Contested, even-numbered hours at :40
AP-PA-Dem-StSen-Contested, even-numbered hours at :40
AP-PA-Dem-StHou-Contested, odd-numbered hours at :45
AP-PA-GOP-StSen-Contested, even-numbered hours at :40
AP-PA-GOP-StHou-Contested, odd-numbered hours at :45
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Headlines, includes Webfeeds and AP Exchange:
AP-PA-TopRaces-Glance-Sum, every 60 minutes starting at :50
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