parsers.minneapolis2009

parsers.minneapolis2009(cvr_path: str | Path, office: str) → Dict[str, List]

Parser for 2009 Minneapolis elections.

Parameters:

• cvr_path (Union[str, pathlib.Path]) – Path to CVR file. Parent directory should contain a file called “convert.csv” with candidate and office codes.

• office (str) – Name of election to parse as written in “convert.csv” file.

Raises:

RuntimeError – Raised if no candidates are found with given office argument.

Returns:

A dictionary of lists containing informtion in the CVR file. Ranks are combined into per-ballot lists and stored with the key ‘ranks’. A ‘weight’ key and list of 1’s is added to the dictionary if no ‘weight’ column exists. All weights are of type decimal.Decimal.

Return type:

Dict[str, List]