AP-IL--Chicago Municipal Election Testing,Advisory, IL
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NEWS DIRECTORS:
The Chicago municipal election will be Tuesday, Feb. 24. Testing of The AP's election night reporting system begins Monday, Feb. 9.
KEY DETAILS
-Poll Closing: 8 p.m. Eastern; 7 p.m. Central.
- Election night results: Results are expected within the first 30 minutes of poll close,
-Race calls: The AP will call the mayor's race on election night, unless the race is too close to call. The race call also will be made during testing, except on the last day of testing.
-Uncontested races: The AP does not tabulate uncontested races. A list of races, IL-Uncontested, will move to premium service subscribers at ftp://electionsonline.ap.org/IL/anpa/ and to state news and broadcast services after the last polls close. The uncontested list also will be sent during each test. There will be no uncontested list sent during the last day of testing.
-End of election night results tabulation: The AP will advise when it has concluded tabulating results in its election night reporting system, which is generally before 5 p.m. local time the day after the election.
ELECTION PROFILE
Incumbent Rahm Emanuel faces four challengers in the non-partisan Feb. 24 Chicago mayoral election: Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Alderman Robert Fioretti, businessman Willie Wilson and community activist William Walls. The latest Chicago Tribune poll shows Emanuel with 42 percent of voters' support, with Garcia trailing at 18 percent. Emanuel, elected four years ago with 55 percent of the total vote, must win 50 percent-plus-one of total votes to avoid a runoff with the closest challenger.
Also on the municipal election ballot are races for city clerk and treasurer, where the incumbents are unopposed, and aldermen for the city's 50 wards.
ELECTION ANOMALIES
Mayoral and alderman candidates must get 50 percent of the vote, plus one vote, to win their races and avoid a runoff between the top two candidates on Tuesday, April 7.
MAYORAL WARD BY WARD RESULTS
AP is working with the Chicago Board of Elections on the timing and frequency of obtaining and providing mayoral results by each of Chicago's 50 wards. AP will continue to update advisories as further details become available.
TESTING SCHEDULE
-Testing for the municipal election is scheduled from 1-2 p.m. Eastern/noon-1 p.m. Central on the following days:
Feb. 9, 11, 13 (Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
Feb. 16, 18, 20 (Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
Feb. 23 (Monday)
-There will be a live zero transmission from 1-2 p.m. Eastern/noon-1 p.m. Central, on Election Day.
-Precincts: Precinct totals are FINAL, beginning with testing Monday, Feb. 9.
-Races and candidates: Races and candidates are FINAL, beginning with testing Monday, Feb. 9. The AP will advise of any last-minute changes.
TESTING BASICS
-During the test period, it is vital to read daily testing advisories, which move to premium subscribers' FTP folders and to news service advisory queues. Advisories will note updates to reports, including changes to candidates, races, precinct totals, etc., and will indicate the test date when noted updates will appear. Databases can change up to Election Day.
-Capture each day's test during the test period, including the election test immediately preceding Election Day. Ensure you have the latest updates and that reports include votes for every candidate in every race and that every race goes to 100 percent of precincts reporting, unless otherwise noted in an advisory.
-Test results have been created electronically to test the accuracy of the election night reporting system. They do not reflect an expectation of election night results. They should not be broadcast, published, replicated or posted on websites.
CONTACTS - ELECTION REPORTS
-Direct questions about election reports and testing to AP Customer Support at (877) 836-9477 or apcustomersupport@ap.org.
-Direct questions about news and photo coverage to News Editor Hugh Dellios, phone (312) 920-3625; email hdellios@ap.org.
-Peg Coughlin is your election coordinator, (913) 579-6766; email pcoughlin@ap.org.
CONTACTS - TECHNICAL
-Direct questions about AP Elections Online delivery to AP Customer Support at (877) 836-9477 or apcustomersupport@ap.org. Documentation for the service also can be found at http://apdigitalsupport.ap.org.
CONTACTS - SERVICE CHANGES
-Print members interested in premium services should contact Chief of Bureau George Garties, phone
(312) 920-3645; email ggarties@ap.org.
-TV members should contact Regional Television Executive Bob Young, phone (770) 518-9511; email byoung@ap.org.
-Large-market radio members should contact Sales Executive Chris Weis, phone (312) 621-1798; email cweis@ap.org.
-Small-market radio members should contact Vance Koretos, phone (312) 621-8680; email vkoretos@ap.org.
DEFINITIONS OF KEY WORDS IN SLUGS
-"TopRaces-Glance-Sum" includes a mayoral vote summary, giving the total number of precincts reporting, the candidates' names, their vote tallies and the percentage of the vote they have at that point.
-"Mayor-Chicago-Reg-Wards" includes results for each mayoral candidate by each of Chicago's 50 wards.
-"Alderman-Glance-Sum" includes vote summaries for contested Alderman races.
ELECTION NIGHT SLUGS BY SERVICE
-Here are the slugs for the races The AP will be tabulating and the approximate times they will be moving each hour to digital feeds and various news/broadcast services after polls close election night:
PREMIUM ELECTIONS RESULTS VIA DIGITAL FEEDS (ANPA-FTP, APEO-FTP, HOSTED)
-Results are updated every five to seven minutes for the following reports:
IL-TopRaces-Glance-Sum,
IL-Mayor-Chicago-Reg-Wards, 2 Takes, TIMING, FREQUENCY TO BE DETERMINED
IL-Mayor-Chicago-Reg-Wards, 1st Add, TIMING, FREQUENCY TO BE DETERMINED
IL-Alderman-Glance-Sum, 2 Takes
IL-Alderman-Glance-Sum, 1st Add
WEBFEEDS/APEXCHANGE/OPENWIRE/NEWSPOWER MAX/MEMBER CHOICE COMPLETE/LIMITED
IL-TopRaces-Glance-Sum, twice hourly at :20 and :50
IL-Alderman-Glance-Sum, 2 Takes, once hourly at :45
IL-Alderman-Glance-Sum, 1st Add, once hourly at :45
HEADLINES
IL-TopRaces-Glance-Sum, once hourly at :50
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