From 41db8c20bfa6518cacaf6b3f816fb071fc486374 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Dong <jdong@mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:57:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix validation of candidate names

---
 app/models/quick_vote.rb | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/models/quick_vote.rb b/app/models/quick_vote.rb
index fef4ef8..698dac3 100644
--- a/app/models/quick_vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/quick_vote.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,23 @@ class QuickVote < Election
 
   def validate
     if not @raw_candidates or @raw_candidates.length < 2
-        errors.add(nil, "You must list at least two candidates.")
+      errors.add(nil, "You must list at least two candidates.")
     end
     
+    @raw_candidates.each do |c|
+      unless c.instance_of? String
+        errors.add(nil, "Candidates must be strings")
+        next
+      end
+      c.strip!
+      if c.length == 0
+        errors.add(nil, "Candidate name must not be empty")
+        next
+      end
+    end if @raw_candidates
+
+    errors.add(nil, "Candidates must all be unique") if @raw_candidates and @raw_candidates.uniq!
+
     if name =~ /[^A-Za-z0-9]/
       errors.add(:name, "must only include numbers and letters.")
     end
-- 
2.39.5