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Scene names must start with the text indicated on the left column (except for 'Other').

To ignore a scene, start the scene's name with a '!', e.g. '!Riding Ignore me'.

To hide a scene from the Playlist Builder module in Elector Flow, append ‘{hidden}’ to the scene name. E.g.The first

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CHOICE / CANDIDATE TAGS
Add [#] for additional Choices. ex: ^choice[1].name for 2nd choice’s name. ^choice.name is the same as ^choice[0].name. Note: [0] refers to the leading candidate for the election area that the candidate belongs to. For Area/Riding and Summary scenes, a special index of [inc] is also allowed and targets the incumbent candidate of the election area. E.g., ^choice[inc].name.
^choice[#].firstname

SCENE NAMES
Scene names must start with the text indicated on the left column (except for 'Other'). To ignore a scene, start the scene's name with a '!', e.g. '!Riding Ignore me'. To hide a scene from the Playlist Builder module in Elector Flow, append ‘{hidden}’ to the scene name. E.g., ‘Riding No Show in Flow {hidden}’.
Name (Area) or Riding	The scene name for a Riding or Area type for the Elector Player. Showcases voting results from an election area.
Name (Choice) or Candidate	The scene name for a Candidate or Choice type for the Elector Player. Showcases information about individuals.
Name (Party) or Party	A scene of type Party. Showcasing information about parties.
Name (Summary) <filter> or Summary <filter>	A scene of type Summary. Showcasing summary of voting results for areas belonging to a region filtered by some conditions (e.g., Incumbents losing, Party retaining seat). Summary scenes must contain a filter name. E.g., 'Summary Close Ridings <Very Close Races - 1% lead>'. Note that the angle brackets characters < >* are required.* The filters are similar to the ones that you see in Elector Flow in the Riding Results Summary module. The following filters are supported: 'Landslide Race - 20% lead' 'Close Races - 5% lead' 'Very Close Races - 1% lead' 'Party Changing' 'Party Unchanging' 'Incumbent - losing' 'Incumbent - leading' 'Polls >= 5%' 'Polls >= 15%' 'Polls >= 20%' 'Polls >= 50%' '[PARTYCODE] - holding seat' e.g., '[LIB] - holding seat’ '[PARTYCODE] - gaining seat' e.g., '[GRN] - gaining seat’ '[PARTYCODE] - losing seat' '[PARTYCODE] - leading' '[PARTYCODE] - losing'
Name (Ticker) or Name (Crawl) or Ticker or Crawl	The scene name for a Ticker or Crawl type. These scene types are only supported by Elector Player for XPression and are not available for Elector Player for Web.
Background	A scene with no active tags of type Background. These will be listed in the Player drop-downs for backgrounds.Bugin the Player drop-downs for backgrounds.
Bug	This is an Other scene type but is treated specially in the Ticker tab in the Elector Player where scenes of this type fills the drop-down control for the Bug section.
Sponsor	This is an Other scene type but is treated specially in the Ticker tab in the Elector Player where scenes of this type fills the drop-down control for the Bug section.
Sponsor	This is an Other scene type but is treated specially in the Ticker tab in the Elector Player where scenes of this type fills the drop-down control for the Sponsor section.
Other	All other scenes with names that don't start with the above names nor a '!'.

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is treated specially in the Ticker tab in the Elector Player where scenes of this type fills the drop-down control for the Sponsor section.
Other	All other scenes with names that don't start with the above names nor a '!'.

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Add [#] for additional Parties. ex: ^choice[1

CHOICE / CANDIDATE TAGS
Add [#] for additional Choices. ex: ^choice[1].name for 2nd choice’s name. ^choice.name is the same as ^choice[0].name. Note: [0] refers to the leading candidate for the election area that the candidate belongs to. For Area/Riding and Summary scenes, a special index of [inc] is also allowed and targets the incumbent candidate of the election area. E.g., ^choice[inc].name and ^summary[1].choice[inc].name.
^choice[#].firstname	The first name of the candidate (ex: John). [#] = Position of candidate in the race where [0] is the leading candidate. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].firstname. Not supported for Party scenes.
^choice[#].lastname	The last name of the candidate (ex: Smith). Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].lastname. Not supported for Party scenes.
^choice[#].name or ^choice[#]	The full name of the candidate (ex: John Smith). Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#] = Position of candidate in the race where [0] is the leading candidate.^choice.name or ^summary[#].choice[#].lastnameThe last name of the candidate (ex: Smith) Not supported for Party scenes.
^choice[#].name	The full name of the candidate (ex: John Smith).	^choicemedia	An image representing the candidate. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].mediaAn image representing the candidate. Not supported for Party scenes.
^choice[#].details	Details about the candidate. Limited to 255 characters. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].details. Not supported for Party scenes.
^choice[#].winner	A Visible tag object. Visible if the candidate is elected. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].winner. Not supported for Party scenes.
^choice[#].incumbent	A Visible tag object. Visible if the candidate is the incumbent for the office. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].incumbent. Not supported for Party scenes.
^choice[#].acclaimed	A Visible tag object. Visible if the candidate is a winner for the office by acclaimacclaim. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].acclaimed. Not supported for Party scenes.
^choice[#].vote% or ^choice[#].percentage ^choice[#].percentagetext	The percentage of votes for the candidate. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].vote%, ^summary[#].choice[#].percentage or ^summary[#].choice[#].percentagetext. Not supported for Party scenes. See note about the Percent Sign '%' below. If the ^choice.percentagetext or ^summary[#].choice[#].percentagetext tag is used, the '%’ sign will be forcibly shown. See note about Percentage Decimal Places below.
^choice[#].votes	The number of votes received for the candidatecandidate. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].votes. Not supported for Party scenes.
^choice[#].voteslead	The number of votes that the candidate has as a lead over the next nearest candidate in the same election area. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].voteslead. Not supported for Party scenes.
^choice[#].voteslead%	The number of votes that a candidate has as a lead over the next nearest candidate as a percentage of the total votes in the election area that the candidates belong to. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].voteslead%. Not supported for Party scenes. See note about the Percent Sign '%' below. See note about Percentage Decimal Places below.
^choice[#].voteslose	The number of votes that the candidate is losing by as compared to that of the leading candidate in the same election area hasof the leading candidate in the same election area has. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].voteslose. Not supported for Party scenes.
^choice[#].voteslose%	The number of votes that the candidate is losing by as compared to that of the leading candidate as a percentage of the total votes in the election area that the candidates belong to. Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].voteslose%. Not supported for Party scenes. See note about the Percent Sign '%' below. See note about Percentage Decimal Places below.^choice.
^choice[#].custom <custom name format>	Customize the display of a candidate’s name. Note that the angle brackets characters < >* are required.* Available for Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes. For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].custom <custom name format>Customize the display of a candidate’s name. Note that the angle brackets characters < > are required. Not supported for Party scenes. The available name format tags are: {firstname} {lastname} {firstinitial} {incumbent} {elected} {partycode} {votes} {vote%}. Example: <{lastname}, {firstname}> will display a candidate’s name as: Smith, John.	PARTY TAGS		name as: Smith, John.

is the name for the 2nd party. ^choice.party.name is the same as ^choice[0].party.name.POLL TAGS

PARTY TAGS

Add [#] for additional Parties. ex: ^choice[1].party.name is the name for the 2nd party. ^choice.party.name is the same as ^choice[0].party.name.
For Area/Riding and Summary scenes, a special index of [inc] is also allowed and targets the incumbent candidate of the election area. E.g., ^choice[inc].party and ^summary[1].choice[inc].party.

^choice[#].party.name

The full name of the party. (ex: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Liberal Party, Conservative Party, etc.)

Available for Party, Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes.
For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].party.name where choice[#] specifies the candidate that is in position # in the summary[#] election area/riding.

^choice[#].party.media

^choice[#].party.media <prefix>

The graphics logo for the party. The <prefix> portion of the tag is optional. Note: when using files as a source for replacement logos, it is always best specify a prefix. The reason is that there are certain file names in the Windows operating system that are reserved. For example, ‘CON’ and ‘LPT’ can’t be used even when paired with file extensions.

Elector Player for XPression:

In the absence of the <prefix> part, the player looks for an XPression material that is named based on the party code. The name of the material that is assigned to the Quad at design time determines the format of the name of the replacement materials that can be used for replacement on output. The format of the materials is: prefixPARTYCODE. For example: during design time, the material assigned is named ‘logoLIB’ and during output the party should be ‘CON’, then the player will look for a replacement material that is named ‘logoCON’.
When the <prefix> part is specified as part of the tag’s name, the source of the logo will be from a file that is in the Logos folder (specified in the Elector Player’s Preferences) instead of another XPression material. The file prefix specifies what the prefix of the logo filename to look for on output. For example: we have a tag ^choice[0].party.media <logo> and the party on output is ‘CON’, then the player will look for a logo file that is named ‘logoCON.png'. The extension can be of any type image type that is supported by XPression, e.g., .png, .jpg, .bmp. Note that the search for a matching file is case insensitive, i.e., ‘logocon.png’ or 'LogoCon.Jpg' will also work.

Elector Player for Web:

In Elector Player for Web, the player always looks for a logo file located in the Logos folder (specified in the Elector Player’s Preferences).
In the absence of the <prefix> part, the player looks for a file with a name that is the party code. For example: on output, the party of interest is ‘LIB’, then player will look for a file named ‘LIB.png’. The type of image (and hence, the extension of the file) can be of any valid image type, e.g., .png, .jpg, .bmp, etc. The search for the logo filename is case insensitive, i.e., ‘lib.png' or ‘Lib.PNG’ will also work.
When the <prefix> part is specified as part of the tag’s name, the player will look for a file that name has the following format:prefixPARTYCODE.ext. For example: the desired party code on output is ‘CON', ^choice[0].party.media <logo> is the tag and the prefix is ‘logo’, then the player will search for a logo file named ‘logoCON.jpg’. Again, the search is case insensitive and the file extension can be from any valid image file type, e.g., .png, .jpg, .bmp.

Available for Party, Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes.
For Summary scenes,

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use ^summary[#].choice[#].party.media or ^summary[#].choice[#].party.media <prefix> where choice[#] specifies the candidate that is in position # in the summary[#] election area/riding.

^choice[#].party or ^choice[#].party.code

The short name or acronym for the party. (ex: GOP for the Republicans, DEM for the Democrats)

Available for Party, Choice/Candidate and Area/Riding scenes.
For Summary scenes, use ^summary[#].choice[#].party or ^summary[#].choice[#].party.code where choice[#] specifies the candidate that is in position # in the summary[#] election area/riding.

^choice[#].party.leading

The number of seats/ridings is leading in votes (but not elected).