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This is intended to be a wordpress plugin specifically designed to collect election results from a BSA Order of the Arrow election

This plugin is still in development, and it not yet usable. If you know PHP and want to help, we'd welcome it.

Nataepu Shohpe Lodge's existing election results entry system utilizes a Google Docs Spreadsheet Form. We've run into some inconveniences using it which prompted investigating writing this plugin. Some of the initial planning is in the issue tracker at https://github.com/oa-bsa/election-manager/issues . Current "bugs" are problems with the existing system that we hope to rectify by writing this. Enhancements are additional things that would be nice to do.

Phase 1

Implement a clone of the existing system, but with the bugs enumerated in the tracker fixed. This is the minimum required to have a usable system for the 2014-2015 election season. If we manage to implement anything from Phase 2 it'll be a bonus.

1. Basic forms for data submission. Use the same back end for both UE and SM submissions, just set a flag in the data for which one it came from.
2. No user logins for submission, just blind URLs like existing system (login required to view submissions)
3. Troop data entered first instead of last, with each scout record linked to the troop record.
4. Data export per-troop which is compatible with OALM.

Phase 2

1. Prepopulated list of troops from ScoutNet data (troops only, no scout data)
2. Assigned logins for each troop
3. Allow a troop login to view/edit their submission after the fact.

Phase 3

1. Unit Election crew logins
2. Allow crews to claim (or be assigned) responsibility for an election
3. Track election dates
4. Nag people via email once an election date passes if results haven't been entered yet