Equal-Vote / Equal-Vote/bettervoting

Create API to access ballot from voter ID

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Complexity: Medium Role: Back End
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
72
Forks
57
Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

Overview

Previously we've been against having this API but it can great improve usability for editable ballots, and it's also expected behavior for the discord bot setting. As our emails get more reliable and voter ids become more secure the security risks are also mitigated.

Action Items

Create an API to receive a voter id and return the ballot

We may need to think of if this should be restricted for certain elections, but at minimum it should be available for elections with editable ballots, and for discord elections

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by locating the existing API paths for voter IDs and ballot retrieval, then inspect how editable-ballot and Discord elections are represented. Done means an API accepts a voter ID and returns the ballot, with the supported election restrictions defined and verified.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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