- return ElectionStruct.new unless election=QuickVote.ident_to_quickvote(shortname)
- return ElectionStruct.new(:id => election.id, :name => election.name, :description => election.description, :candidate_ids => election.candidates.collect {|c| c.id }, :candidate_names => election.candidates.collect {|c| c.name } )
+ unless election = QuickVote.ident_to_quickvote(shortname)
+ raise ArgumentError.new("Cannot find QuickVote named #{shortname}")
+ end
+
+ ElectionStruct.new(
+ :id => election.id,
+ :name => election.name,
+ :description => election.description,
+ :candidate_ids => election.candidates.collect {|c| c.id },
+ :candidate_names => election.candidates.collect {|c| c.name } )