Election.org Public Data API · Schema
PublicDataResponse
ElectionsPublic RecordsData APICampaign FinanceGovernmentPolitical Data
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| data | object | |
| citation | object |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/election-org/main/json-schema/election-org-public-data-response-schema.json",
"title": "PublicDataResponse",
"x-generated": "2026-10-11",
"x-method": "derived",
"x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
"x-source": "openapi/_original/election-org-openapi-openapi.json#/components/schemas/PublicDataResponse",
"type": "object",
"required": [
"data",
"citation"
],
"properties": {
"data": {},
"citation": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Citation"
}
},
"additionalProperties": true,
"$defs": {
"Citation": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Suggested attribution, not a forced backlink or new license. Collection sources are not necessarily evidence for every returned record. Dates are not request generation times.",
"required": [
"suggested_credit",
"record_url",
"record_urls",
"credit_url",
"original_sources",
"updated_at",
"verified_at",
"guidance_url",
"rights_note"
],
"properties": {
"suggested_credit": {
"type": "string"
},
"record_url": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"format": "uri"
},
"record_urls": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
}
},
"credit_url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"original_sources": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Returned-data source references. References explicitly marked applies_to_returned_records: false remain in response sources but are excluded here.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"updated_at": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"verified_at": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"record_date": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Date on the cited record, not a source check or dataset update"
}
}
}
},
"updated_at": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Explicit dataset update date, or null when unspecified"
},
"verified_at": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Latest stated source check; does not establish freshness of every record"
},
"dates_note": {
"type": "string"
},
"source_scope": {
"type": "string"
},
"source_summary_truncated": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"guidance_url": {
"type": "string",
"format": "uri"
},
"rights_note": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
}
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