1 # Selectricity: Voting Machinery for the Masses
2 # Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
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19 class Candidate < ActiveRecord::Base
22 validates_presence_of :name
24 # validate uniqueness of a name *within a given election*
27 self.name <=> other.name