Game Features

docs/data-coverage.md

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 5. Settle runoff and ranked-choice scoring policy. The current importer rejects a different round for the same catalog race and `pending_round` remains unscored. A later round must not be added to an earlier count. Do not launch affected races until provider semantics and final-round handling are specified and tested.
 
 Commissioner JSON imports make the foundation reviewable; they are not the planned election-night automation. If free sources cannot meet these gates, bring that concrete limitation back for a product decision rather than introducing a paid dependency or silently narrowing the game.
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+## League milestone update — October 4, 2026
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+The combined `data/real/us-2026-10-04-partial.json` now includes **115 candidates / 30 contests**: Michigan's existing 73/15 plus North Carolina's 42 candidates across 14 House districts and one Senate contest. NC facts were reviewed from [the official state-only November candidate list](https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/Elections/2026/Candidate%20Filing/2026_general_candidate_list_by_contest_federal_and_state.pdf), pages 1–3, report dated September 21. No residential/contact details were copied. Retrieval timestamps have day precision; midnight is a date placeholder. The remaining 48 states still need candidate imports; real ratings and live coverage remain incomplete.
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+A national inventory now records 506 scheduled November contests (435 House, 35 Senate including the FL/OH specials, 36 governor). It supplements the 150-row state/office matrix and guards draft readiness. Candidate source watches, Open America normalization, and a reviewed official JSON integration contract are implemented, but **no provider capture is verified**. civicAPI remains capture-only pending an actual response contract. See [ingestion](ingestion.md) for activation requirements and the settled November first-choice share policy.