I'm trying to understand when NationBuilder automatically appends U.S. federal and state voting districts. Does this happen when a supporter first creates an account and shares address information?
Is there a way to map these voting districts to the name of the current elected representative?
Official response from NationBuilder Support
Automatic voting districts are based on the shape files for the districts, but only if the following are set up for your nation:
- Your campaign settings are configured properly such as district, City and State (Double check you have this information entered by clicking Settings > Political > Office. Determining eligibility happens automatically, but can take a while with large voter files.)
- Autodistricting is turned on for the nation (Settings > Political > Settings and uncheck the second box from the bottom on the page. If the box doesn't show, it is already off.)
For more information on importing voter files, see How do I import my custom voter file?
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It looks like it might only be possable, if your source shape file provider has an API key. … not a static Shape file (shp or KML file)
That would be the only way to automatically map each voting area.
If you have questions about how this works for your particular nation, contact us more directly and your organizer will get back to you.