---
title: "Update an existing voter"
method: PATCH
path: "/api/v2/voters/{id}"
tags: ["Voters"]
---

# Update an existing voter

`PATCH /api/v2/voters/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://yournation.nationbuilder.com`
- URL: `https://yournation.nationbuilder.com/api/v2/voters/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Updates an existing voter

## Request body

- VoterUpdateRequest: The JSON:API top-level document shape for update requests, whose data member identifies the resource by type and id and carries the changed attributes.
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required: The ID of the resource being updated.
    - `type` 'voters', required: The JSON:API resource type of the resource being updated.
    - `attributes` VoterReadWriteAttributes: The attributes of a voter that can be both read and written.
      - `is_absentee_voter` boolean: The voter voted via absentee ballot.
      - `is_active_voter` boolean: The voter actively votes.
      - `is_dropped_from_file` boolean: When true this indicates the voter was in the file during the last refresh.
      - `is_early_voter` boolean: Voter votes before the election date.
      - `is_permanent_absentee_voter` boolean: Voter permanently votes via absentee ballot.
      - `signup_id` string: The voter resource's associated Signup ID

## Response `200`

The updated voter.

- VoterShowResponse: The JSON:API top-level document shape for responses returning a single resource under the data member.
  - `data` object, required: A JSON:API resource identifier object, the type/id pair that uniquely identifies a single resource.
    - `id` string, required: Unique identifier of the resource.
    - `type` 'voters', required: The JSON:API resource type.
    - `attributes` VoterReadWriteAttributes: The attributes of a voter that can be both read and written.
      - `is_absentee_voter` boolean: The voter voted via absentee ballot.
      - `is_active_voter` boolean: The voter actively votes.
      - `is_dropped_from_file` boolean: When true this indicates the voter was in the file during the last refresh.
      - `is_early_voter` boolean: Voter votes before the election date.
      - `is_permanent_absentee_voter` boolean: Voter permanently votes via absentee ballot.
      - `signup_id` string: The voter resource's associated Signup ID
  - `included` Resource[]: Sideloaded resources requested via the include query parameter. Each entry is a full resource object whose shape is documented under its own resource type.
    - `id` string, required: Unique identifier of the resource.
    - `type` string, required: The JSON:API resource type.
    - `attributes` object: The attributes of the resource, as documented for its resource type.
    - `relationships` object: References from this resource to other resources in the document.
  - `meta` object: Non-standard information about the document. Empty unless the endpoint has metadata to convey.

## Other responses

- `400`: The request body or query parameters are invalid, such as an unknown attribute, filter, filter operator, sort field, or sideload.
- `401`: The access token is missing, expired, or not authorized to access this resource.
- `404`: No resource exists with the provided ID.
- `422`: Model validations failed for the resource being created or updated. Unlike this API's other errors, validation failures are returned as a JSON:API errors document locating each invalid field.
- `429`: The access token has exceeded its request quota for the current rate-limit window.

## Changes

- **2026-11-05** `d5c88ca497ac`: 4 breaking, 1 warning, 8 info
  - added `#/components/schemas/update_request_document, subschema #2` to the request body `allOf` list
  - the request's body type changed from `object` to no type
  - the response's body type changed from `object` to no type for status `200`
  - removed the required property `data` from the response with the `200` status
  - …9 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/nationbuilder/apis/nationbuilder-v2-api/changes/api/v2/voters/:id/patch.md)

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