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The .mgs File

This automatically created output file consists of a single line containing five columns. The purpose of creating these tiny files is to permit their concatenation to form a 50-line dataset of final production results from the application of plvdkey.exe.

For Michigan's mi.mgs file, for example, the file contained:

      fl        67      82      294     4689
The first column is the two-letter state abbreviation. The second through fifth columns, respectively, are the numbers of counties, MCD Groups, MCDs, and precincts.




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