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1. In the System Tools section click on the System Configuration link

2. Click on the SET ELECTION DATE tab

3. Under “Start New Election Data Date”

   1. enter in the upcoming election date

   2. select General Election type

   3. press the Start New Election Date

   4. Press the refresh button below that

4. Now select this date from the Choose Existing Date section

5. Give this election date a memorable name (eg:  “2014 Provincial Election” or “2012 By-election”)

   1. Since elector installs are separate for each province, you do not need to state the province in the name

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6. Clone the parties and ridings from the last election to the new election date. If Ridings are changing then there might be an option to import them with a custom populate app.

1. Start by ensuring the elector is set to the election date you added above as the active date.

2. Choose the Clone Data tab from the System Configuration

3. Select the parties and riding check-boxes

4. Click on Clone Election Data Now.

Add A "Seats At Dissolution" Date

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1. Add another New Election Date

   1. select the Dissolution type (instead of General Election)

   2. use the actual date of dissolution if known

   3. or simply set it to 1 DAY BEFORE the election date you just entered

      1. eg: if the election was APRIL 11^th, 2014, add a new election date of APRIL 10^th, 2014

   4. This date serves as an extra data point to add in Seats At Dissolution data.

2. Clone the parties and ridings from the last election to the dissolution date.

   1. Start by ensuring the elector is set to the dissolution date you added above as the active date.

   2. Choose the Clone Data tab from the System Configuration

   3. Select the parties and riding check-boxes

   4. Click on Clone Election Date Data Now.

3. You will want to edit each riding in the dissolution date and assign an Elected Party which will then be compared to the current election leading/elected party in the same region to calculate regional seat changes.

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The above user is preparing to synch the previous election insight with the current election data set. Note that ridings and candidates must be defined in the target set for the insight to be copied over. This is typically done with an automated data feed or by cloning the parties and ridings when manually entering your data. Click on the + button to examine the details of the source and target insight. The colours indicate the synch status.

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Clone Regions

You will want to clone the Regions as well. This is currently done using the Region Management module. You will clone the regions for both the new dissolution and official election dates.

More on Election Data Cloning and Synching

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This means that if Paul Brown ran in 2011 and also in 2014 he will have two election records that keep the votes he got from each election.

This lets you compare how a candidate did in their second time attempting to get a seat.

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