nc_ballots.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import urllib.request

urlAbsenteeCounty = 'https://s3.amazonaws.com/dl.ncsbe.gov/ENRS/2020_11_03/absentee_counts_county_20201103.csv'
with urllib.request.urlopen(urlAbsenteeCounty) as response:
    data = response.read()
    lines = data.decode('utf-8').split("\n")
    demTotal = 0
    unaTotal = 0
    repTotal = 0
    for line in lines:
        if line and line.split(",")[2] == "DEM":
            demTotal += int(line.split(",")[5])
        if line and line.split(",")[2] == "UNA":
            unaTotal += int(line.split(",")[5])
        if line and line.split(",")[2] == "REP":
            repTotal += int(line.split(",")[5])
    print("Democratic Total is %i" % demTotal)
    print("Unaffiliated Total is %i" % unaTotal)
    print("Republican Total is %i" % repTotal)