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  "smallest_unit": "Official 2022 Richmond municipal voting division is the smallest imported election unit. RC/RE/RS aggregation is supported; direct allocation to the 15 planning areas or provincial/federal districts remains unsupported without an official spatial crosswalk.",
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      ],
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      ],
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    {
      "title": "Richmond election map",
      "url": "https://www.richmond.ca/city-hall/elections.htm"
    },
    {
      "title": "Elections BC 2024 maps",
      "url": "https://elections.bc.ca/resources/maps/2024-provincial-election-maps/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Elections Canada electoral districts",
      "url": "https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=cir&document=index&lang=e"
    },
    {
      "title": "Elections Canada 2025 official results",
      "url": "https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovrGE45/home.html"
    }
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    "planning_area_crosswalk": "not_supported_exactly",
    "validation_reference": "https://smartrichmond.ca/richmond-election-map.html"
  }
}