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; Updating the electorate | ; Updating the electorate | ||
- | : The electorate is the table of valid voters. This still under construction at the time of this writing, and is a highly manual process still. To update this, an admin must copy columns of the login table from the Midgard system into a table in the voting database. | + | : The electorate is the table of valid voters. This still under construction at the time of this writing, and is a highly manual process still. To update this, an admin must copy columns of the login table from the Midgard system into a table in the voting database. From there, the interface can be used to update the e-mail and/or find and add new members to the electorate table. |
; Create New Election | ; Create New Election | ||
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; Compute Results of Vote (Valid on '''past''' elections only) | ; Compute Results of Vote (Valid on '''past''' elections only) | ||
: This function allows for the entering of election results. Be default, the system should auto-generate the results and present them for entering into the database as final an approved. This should work for referendums and runoff elections now. If an error occurs, consult and admin. | : This function allows for the entering of election results. Be default, the system should auto-generate the results and present them for entering into the database as final an approved. This should work for referendums and runoff elections now. If an error occurs, consult and admin. | ||
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Awk script to generate the table: | Awk script to generate the table: | ||
- | <source lang=" | + | <source lang="awk"> |
BEGIN{ FS="\t"; | BEGIN{ FS="\t"; | ||
print "{|\n|-\n! Username\n! Real name\n! Karma"; | print "{|\n|-\n! Username\n! Real name\n! Karma"; | ||
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And we're all done! The election will run until its closing date, at which point you can [[../Generating election results | generate the results]] | And we're all done! The election will run until its closing date, at which point you can [[../Generating election results | generate the results]] | ||
- | + | == Resending tokens == | |
Sometimes token emails get caught in spam filters, or accidentally deleted, or the first email address associated with their account is dead, or whatever. You can find the anonymous token associated with someone as long as they have not voted yet. | Sometimes token emails get caught in spam filters, or accidentally deleted, or the first email address associated with their account is dead, or whatever. You can find the anonymous token associated with someone as long as they have not voted yet. |
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