Election Smart Contract

This smart contract will allow you to hold elections using the blockchain to record results. It is only a starter template, more checks-and-balances would need to be added for a serious election.

Overview

A Hardhat network is used to deploy and test the contract locally.

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/PatrickMalloy/election-ethereum.git

Change into the new directory and install dependencies

cd election-ethereum
npm install

Running

Start a Hardhat local node in a terminal

npx hardhat node

In a new terminal run the tests using the following:

npx hardhat --network localhost test
or
npm run test

Enhancements

1. Allow the owner address to be passed in/changed
2. On startVoting(), add a duration parameter for when the voting will end, e.g. 24 hours
3. Verify there are candidates added before voting can start
4. Don't allow the voting to be done more than once
5. Create a whitelist of valid wallet addresses that can vote
6. Allow a list of candidates to be added at once, instead of individually