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foundationmembers was a table specific to the GNOME Foundation. This new table, election_voters, allows creation of an electorate based on a list. README is updated to explain how to use this table.
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Setting up an election:
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0. vote/include/election-sql.php expects a secret config file that exists
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only on the server and is included as PHP code. It's hard coded currently
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to: /home/admin/secret/anonvoting currently.
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The file should look something like this:
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<?php
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$mysql_host = "localhost";
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$mysql_user = "someuser";
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$mysql_password = "somepassword";
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$mysql_db = "somedb";
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$committee_name = "The Vote Masters";
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$committee_email = "elections@example.org";
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?>
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1. When I deploy, I create an account for the election, as the mysql root user:
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mysql -u root -p
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Password: <MYSQLROOTPW>
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Then Run these commands at the mysql> prompt:
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CREATE USER 'someusername' identified by 'somepassword';
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CREATE DATABASE somedbname;
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Then, exit, and at the main command line run:
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msyql -u root -p -D somedbname < ..../vote/include/schema.sql
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Then run this again:
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mysql -u root -p
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Password: <MYSQLROOTPW>
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and at the mysql command line, run these grant commands:
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GRANT SELECT on somedb.elections TO someuser@localhost;
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GRANT SELECT on somedb.election_choices TO someuser@localhost;
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2. Create an election, with something like this:
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mysql -u root -D somedb -p
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SET NAMES 'utf8';
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INSERT t INTO elections (type, name, voting_start, voting_end, choices_nb, question) VALUES ("elections", "2011 Spring Election", "2011-05-29 00:00:00", "2011-06-12 23:59:59", "7", "Which candidates would you like to see Elected?");
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set @el_id = @@IDENTITY;
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INSERT INTO election_choices (election_id, choice)
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VALUES
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(@el_id, 'Candidate 1'),
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(@el_id, 'Candidate 2'),
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(@el_id, 'Candidate 3'),
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(@el_id, 'Candidate 4');
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INSERT INTO election_voters (election_id, email_address)
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VALUES
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(@el_id, 'voter1@example.org'),
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(@el_id, 'voter2@example.org'),
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(@el_id, 'voter3@example.com'),
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(@el_id, 'voter4@example.net');
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INSERT INTO election_tmp_tokens (election_id, election_voter_id, tmp_token)
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SELECT @el_id, id, SUBSTRING(MD5(RAND()) FROM 1 FOR 24) AS tmp_token
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FROM election_voters where election_id = @el_id;
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select @el_id;
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That number you see at the end is this election's id. The URL you'll give out
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is thus something like:
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http://example.org/vote?election_id=THAT_NUMBER
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