X-Git-Url: https://projects.mako.cc/source/selectricity-live/blobdiff_plain/8dc61228b74613a5e585ef0a8cf7b4352e208717..b31720d9ce48c5f46e2cb39242429a640f90fb40:/app/models/vote.rb

diff --git a/app/models/vote.rb b/app/models/vote.rb
index 33927cd..f263a75 100644
--- a/app/models/vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/vote.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,15 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def votestring
-    self.votes.join("")
+    # create a mapping of candidates ids and the relative order of the
+    # candidates as they appear when sorted alphabetically
+    cand_relnums = {}
+    self.voter.election.candidates.sort.each_with_index do |c, i|
+      cand_relnums[c.id] = i + 1
+    end
+
+    # assemble the votestring
+    self.votes.collect {|v| cand_relnums[v]}.join("")
   end
 
   # the following subroutine is used for quickvotes. it creates a vote