B. Tape Specifications and Data Format The Candidate Master information has been stored on tape in the following manner: Standard Labels ODD Parity EBCDIC LRECL = 165 9 Track BLKSIZE = 3960 1600 BPI REC/BLK = 24 Total Records: 3733 The variables have been formatted in the following ways: Mnemonics Currently Used by the Field Commission Variable Columns Desc CANIDN Candidate Identification 1-9 X(9) CANNAM Candidate Name 10-47 X(38) CANPART1 Party Designation No. 1 48-50 X(3) Filler 51-53 X(3) CANPART3 Party Designation No. 3 54-56 X(3) CANICI Incumb./Challeng./Open-seat 57 X Filler 58 X CANST Candidate Status 59 X CONADST1 Street One 60-93 X(34) CONADST2 Street Two 94-127 X(34) CANCY City or Town 128-145 X(18) CANST State 146-147 XX CANZIP Zip Code 148-152 X(5) CANPCC Principal Campaign Comm. I.D.153-161 X(9) CANYEAR Year of Election 162-163 9(2) DIST Current District 164-165 9(2) PARTY DESIGNATION NO. 1 PARTY COUNT DESCRIPTION AIP 4 AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY AMP 4 AMERICAN PARTY COM 3 COMMUNIST PARTY CRV 14 CONSERVATIVE PARTY CST 3 CONSTITUTIONAL DEM 1671 DEMOCRAT PARTY DFL 12 DEMOCRAT FARM LABOR IND 178 INDEPENDENT LBL 5 LIBERAL LBU 2 LIBERTY UNION PARTY LIB 114 LIBERTARIAN NNE 1 NONE PAF 19 PEACE AND FREEDOM PFD 1 PEACE FREEDOM PARTY POP 4 PEOPLE OVER POLITICS REP 1476 REPUBLICAN PARTY RTL 9 RIGHT TO LIFE SOC 1 SOCIALIST SUS 1 SOCIALIST PARTY U.S.A. SWP 11 SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY UNK 141 UNKNOWN CANDIDATE STATUS STATUS COUNT DESCRIPTION C 1211 CURRENT STATUTORY CANDIDATE F 70 FUTURE N 1118 NON CANDIDATE P 1333 POST INCUMBENT/CHALLENGER/OPEN-SEAT ICI COUNT DESCRIPTION 2222 CHALLENGER C 614 CHALLENGER I 548 INCUMBENT O 349 OPEN SEAT STATE VALUES DESIG. ABREV. COUNT STATE NAME AK 22 ALASKA AL 46 ALABAMA AR 25 ARKANSAS AS 4 AMERICAN SAMOA AZ 47 ARIZONA CA 430 CALIFORNIA CO 54 COLORADO CT 60 CONNECTICUT DC 127 DIST OF COLUMBIA DE 12 DELAWARE FL 125 FLORIDA GA 76 GEORGIA GU 1 GUAM HI 27 HAWAII IA 51 IOWA ID 20 IDAHO IL 170 ILLINOIS IN 85 INDIANA KS 35 KANSAS KY 39 KENTUCKY LA 58 LOUISIANA MA 89 MASSACHUSETTS MD 101 MARYLAND ME 17 MAINE MI 132 MICHIGAN MN 72 MINNESOTA MO 92 MISSOURI MS 66 MISSISSIPPI MT 10 MONTANA NC 78 NORTH CAROLINA ND 16 NORTH DAKOTA NE 32 NEBRASKA NH 39 NEW HAMPSHIRE NJ 127 NEW JERSEY NM 36 NEW MEXICO NV 39 NEVADA NY 237 NEW YORK OH 123 OHIO OK 44 OKLAHOMA OR 37 OREGON PA 140 PENNSYLVANIA PR 4 PUERTO RICO RI 17 RHODE ISLAND SC 42 SOUTH CAROLINA SD 15 SOUTH DAKOTA TN 89 TENNESSEE TX 189 TEXAS UT 27 UTAH VA 80 VIRGINIA VI 2 VIRGIN ISLANDS VT 23 VERMONT WA 62 WASHINGTON WI 85 WISCONSIN WV 29 WEST VIRGINIA WY 21 WYOMING ZZ 3 FOREIGN COUNTRY