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🌖 開源選舉資料如何利用大型語言模型 (LLMs)
➤ 大型語言模型加速選舉資料的數位化
✤ https://thescoop.org/archives/2025/06/09/how-openelections-uses-llms/index.html
OpenElections 專案致力於將官方選區選舉結果轉換成資料，過去最大的挑戰在於將圖片形式的結果轉換成 CSV 檔案。傳統的手動資料輸入成本高昂且容易出錯，而傳統的光學字元辨識 (OCR) 軟體也難以處理複雜的 PDF 格式。作者 Derek Willis 發現 Google 的 Gemini 大型語言模型在處理這些任務上表現出色，尤其在準確性、處理大文件以及理解格式方面具有優勢。透過提供範例和簡單的指示，Gemini 能夠高效率地將圖片 PDF 轉換為 CSV 檔案，大幅加快了資料處理速度，並將傳統 OCR 和人工資料輸入所需的時間縮短至數小時。儘管仍需要進行人工校驗，但 LLM 顯著提升了 OpenElections 的工作效率，使其能夠處理更多選
#資料科學 #選舉 #大型語言模型 #自動化 #OpenElections
How OpenElections Uses LLMs – Derek Willis

Hacker NewsJun 19, 2025

How OpenElections Uses LLMs

https://thescoop.org/archives/2025/06/09/how-openelections-uses-llms/index.html

#HackerNews #OpenElections #LLMs #Technology #Innovation #AI #Voting

How OpenElections Uses LLMs – Derek Willis

David Lu!!Dec 2, 2024
In an effort to apply more of my coding skills in a civic minded way, I've been starting to analyze and improve the OpenElections project's data: https://github.com/openelections/specs/issues/8
#OpenElections #OpenElex #CivicHacking
Compliance to the Specs: Next Steps · Issue #8 · openelections/specs

So one of my reasons for filing #6 and #7 was to formalize some rules, based on what I observed in the data, and then figure out where the data diverged from those rules. I've compiled my results i...

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Open Knowledge FoundationNov 2, 2023

Get ready for the next round! Next Wednesday we will hold the second round table to share experiences around electoral technologies, debating projects from around the globe 🌐

🔗 Register now https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwud-qsrTMrG9FzdFBglvzolNkD49MHc88J#/registration

#DPIElections
#OpenElections
#DigitalPublicInfrastructure

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Digital Public Infrastructure for Electoral Processes – Round Table 2. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Open Knowledge Foundation announces its new project, Digital Public Infrastructure for Electoral Processes, in an online Round Table with experts, activists and academics from around the world. The objective is to share experiences and challenges around electoral processes and technologies. We believe that the technologies that support electoral processes must be open, collaborative and public. Participating in this round table: - Joël Gombin, Datactivist (France) - Judith Meyer, DiEM25 (Germany) - Samuel Baltz, MIT Election Lab (United States) - Julia Brothers, National Democratic Institute (NDI) (United States) - Chris Taylor, Council of Europe (UK/France) - Jelena Stefanovic, Independent Election Expert (Serbia) - Sicco van Sas, Open State EU (Netherlands) - Angelo Gulina, Indecis.it (Italy) - Polash Datta, PolitiPro (Bangladesh) + more participants awaiting confirmation moderators: - Patricio Del Boca, Open Knowledge Foundation - Sara Petti, Open Knowledge Foundation More information: https://okfn.org/en/projects/digital-public-infrastructure-for-electoral-processes/

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Show threadOpen Knowledge FoundationOct 3, 2023
The first step in this initiative is to understand what is already available in the field of #OpenElections. We are carrying out a collaborative #mapping of local and global projects to gather critical mass and identify gaps, elements to be reused, and the most urgent needs. 👇🏾🧵
Leigh DoddsSep 27, 2023

Looks like @okfn are launching a new project to look at open election data and standards:

https://okfn.org/en/projects/digital-public-infrastructure-for-electoral-processes/

Lots of existing work in that area, but here's some I did in 2014 looking at existing data sources, approaches to publishing and suggesting a conceptual model for a standard.

https://blog.ldodds.com/2014/08/08/research-investigation-into-publishing-open-election-data/

#opendata #openelections

The Future of Open Data, Online Conference – Open Knowledge Foundation

We are bringing together the open data community for a celebration of two decades of CKAN, and to discuss the role of open data and data infrastructures today, vis-à-vis the current technical and political landscape.

Skora, WillAug 10, 2023
#cleveland - voting results for Issue 1 by precinct for #CuyahogaCounty (#ohio) are now available in CSV - https://gist.github.com/skorasaurus/edcc1e011d6a506d0dd6b3e07f7aad55 #OpenElections #openData
from BOE CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AUGUST 2023 SPECIAL ELECTION, Aug 08, 2023 2023-08-09 01:37:45 should be good; but please spot check and verify. NOTE: TOTAL votes does NOT contain the undervotes or the overvotes; GENERATED FROM https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/docs/default-source/boe/elections/08-08-23-unofficial-results-by-precinct.pdf?sfvrsn=a92bc12f_1

from BOE CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AUGUST 2023 SPECIAL ELECTION, Aug 08, 2023 2023-08-09 01:37:45 should be good; but please spot check and verify. NOTE: TOTAL votes does NOT contain the undervotes or the o...

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