1 # Selectricity: Voting Machinery for the Masses
2 # Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Benjamin Mako Hill <mako@atdot.cc>
3 # Copyright (C) 2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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19 class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
20 # relationships to other classes
26 after_update :save_rankings
27 before_destroy :destroy_rankings
34 self.votes.each {|vote| yield vote}
42 @votes = self.rankings.sort.collect { |ranking| ranking.candidate.id }
54 self.votes # i need to initalize this before destroying rankings
55 # or else the ranks themselves show up as nil
58 self.votes.each_with_index do |candidate_id, index|
61 ranking.candidate = Candidate.find(candidate_id)
62 self.rankings << ranking
72 rankings.each { |ranking| ranking.destroy }
76 if self.voter.election.candidates.length == self.rankings.length
81 unless self.voter.election.quickvote?
82 token.destroy and token.reload if token
83 self.token = Token.new
97 # create a mapping of candidates ids and the relative order of the
98 # candidates as they appear when sorted alphabetically
100 self.voter.election.candidates.sort.each_with_index do |c, i|
101 cand_relnums[c.id] = i + 1
104 # assemble the votestring
105 self.votes.collect {|v| (cand_relnums[v] + 64).chr}.join("")
108 # the following subroutine is used for quickvotes, but need for elections now
109 # too. It creates a vote with the candidates listed in order of preference
110 # based on alphabetical order. Meant to be manipulated and then confirmed
112 self.votes = self.voter.election.candidates.sort_by { rand }.collect {|c| c.id }