scrape_elections() — single entry point for
downloading election results. Routes automatically to the appropriate
scraper based on state. Supports state, county, precinct, town, and
parish level results depending on the jurisdiction. Covers dedicated
scrapers for Connecticut (2016–present), Georgia (2000–present), Indiana
(2019–present), Louisiana (1982–present), North Carolina (2000–present),
and Utah (2023–present), plus a multi-state ElectionStats scraper for
the remaining states.
db_available_years() — returns a data frame of
earliest and latest available years for each state and scraper
source.
db_list_states() — lists states supported by
DownBallotR scrapers, optionally filtered by source.
db_list_sources() — lists all registered Python
scraper sources.
downballot_install_python() — creates a
reticulate virtual environment and installs required Python
dependencies (pandas, requests,
lxml, bs4, playwright) and
Playwright Chromium.
downballot_use_python() — pins
reticulate to the DownBallotR virtual environment for the
current R session.
downballot_python_status() — reports the status of
the Python environment, installed packages, and Playwright Chromium
availability.