#NEWLINE# def _build_contest_kwargs( self , row , sheet ) : #NEWLINE# #INDENT# "\n        Coerce the jurisdiction into a string because some precinct\n        jurisdictions are numbers and getting that value from an Excel file\n        returns a float. You can't .strip() a float.\n\n        " #NEWLINE# jurisdiction = str ( sheet . cell ( rowx = row , colx = self . jurisdiction_index ) . value ) . strip ( ) #NEWLINE# return { #NEWLINE# #INDENT# 'office' : sheet . cell ( rowx = row , colx = self . contest_index ) . value . strip ( ) , #NEWLINE# 'jurisdiction' : sheet , #NEWLINE# #UNINDENT# }