def get_items(self):
        """
        Retrieve a flattened, filtered list of election results. 

        Returns:
            A list of result dictionaries.  By default, this is the value of
            ``self._items`` which should be populated with a call to
            ``collect_items()``.

            If results need to be retrieved in some other way, this
            method should be overridden in a subclass.

        """
        try:
            return self._items
        except __HOLE__:
            return []
dataset/ETHPy150Open openelections/openelections-core/openelex/base/bake.py/BaseBaker.get_items