orgs-spec.md

Organizations (Orgs)

This document describes the fields in the orgs.json file.

orgShort

(Required) A short name for the organization. Counties should be the county name. Legislative districts should be the LD number, zero-padded if a single digit (ex: 03rd)

orgType

(Required) A descriptor of the organization type. Expected values are: "County", "LD", "State Young", "County Young", "College Young", "HS Young", "Caucus", and "CD" (Congressional District). Concatenation of orgShort & orgType & "Democrats" (or "Dems") should yield a reasonable but sometimes imperfect organization full name.

orgFull

(Optional) Full name of the organization (ex: "1st Legislative District Democrats" or "King County Democratic Central Committee")

orgWeb

(Optional) URL to the organization's public-facing website

orgFbPage

(Optional) URL to the organization's Facebook page

orgFbGroup

(Optional) URL to the organization's Facebook group

orgTwAlias

(Optional) Twitter alias used by the organization (ex: "43rdDems" from https://twitter.com/43rdDems)

orgOfficers

(Optional) URL to the organization's list of officers

orgBylaws

(Optional) URL to the organization's governing documents such as a charter, bylaws, or standing rules

orgEndorsements2016

(Optional) URL to the organization's list of endorsed candidates and ballot measures for 2016