{"id":299,"date":"2004-11-18T17:27:09","date_gmt":"2004-11-18T07:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2004-11-18T17:27:09","modified_gmt":"2004-11-18T07:27:09","slug":"making-a-nominee-a-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/18\/making-a-nominee-a-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"making a nominee a candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"

added a column to election. you now have a “number of required nominations”.<\/p>\n

in a normal election, this will be two. One person nominates, the other seconds.<\/p>\n

When there are enough nominations, the person can accept it, and then an entry is created in election_candidate.<\/p>\n

at least this will be the case… soon.<\/p>\n

About to go and write the accept nomination page thingy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

added a column to election. you now have a “number of required nominations”. in a normal election, this will be two. One person nominates, the other seconds. 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