Here is the record layout of the election results file.  When the
file is unzipped, it should load into a spreadsheet software such as 
Microsoft Excel or Lotus 123.  Some of the older files end in .csv
which is a comma separated format-most of the files end in .dbf which 
is a dBase file.  The file record layout is as follows.

Election date in MMDDYY format, 6
Race number, 8  (can be used to extract one race from the file)
Race name or Candidate name and ballot number, 30
     (these are the first records in the file, the number depends on
           how many candidates are running)
Parish, 2  (1 thru 64-see parish.txt in our Public folder on web site)
Ward, 4
Precinct, 6
Votes for 1st candidate, 7
Votes for 2nd candidate, 7
Votes for 3rd candidate, 7
etc. for up to 50 candidates 


Below is an example file from 4/15/00

41500	21016780	District Judge						 0	 0
41500	21016780	 1st JDC, Election Section 3,				 0	 0
41500	21016780	Katherine Hennessey Dorroh0010				 0	 0
41500	21016780	B. Woodrow "Woody" Nesbitt0012				 0	 0
41500	21016780					09		  4	63	57
41500	21016780					09		 69	65	84
41500	21016780					09		 75	210	263
41500	21016780					09		 78	12	14
41500	21016780					09		 79	47	29
41500	21016780					09		 87	51	38
41500	21016780					09		 88	89	116
41500	21016780					09		 89A	90	103
41500	21016780					09		 89B	55	72