From: John Dong <jdong@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:56:41 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Also a part of the previous commit
X-Git-Url: https://projects.mako.cc/source/selectricity/commitdiff_plain/40891d8740b77b6d6249e8982f15e2f348725282?ds=inline;hp=cf4234876994cb4b7e09cdd116e092424d9f4951

Also a part of the previous commit
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diff --git a/app/controllers/quickvote_controller.rb b/app/controllers/quickvote_controller.rb
index 83a6cc5..2847df9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/quickvote_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/quickvote_controller.rb
@@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ class QuickvoteController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def add_candidate
-    candidate_name = params[:ajax][:newcandidate]
-    if flash.has_key?(:candlist) and flash[:candlist].instance_of?(Array) 
-      flash[:candlist] << candidate_name
-    else
-      flash[:candlist] = [ candidate_name ]
+    candidate_name = CGI.escapeHTML(params[:ajax][:newcandidate])
+    unless candidate_name.strip.empty?
+      if flash.has_key?(:candlist) and flash[:candlist].instance_of?(Array) 
+        flash[:candlist] << candidate_name
+     else
+       flash[:candlist] = [ candidate_name ]
+      end
     end
     flash.keep(:candlist)
     render_partial 'candidate_list'