Site Programming Changes

"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."

Our Campaigns is a work in progress. Some bugs still exist, and features are continuously being added.

On the left is a list of changes that have been completed and the dates they were completed on, newest first, since this feature was added (2/23/2005). On the right is a list of changes I will try to work on when I have time. You may add to this list once you are a member, but I reserve the right to delete or modify your suggestion.

- Randy Parker

Completed Changes
Complete Date	Description
Jun 08, 2024 07:16pm	Add Previous Party field to Party
Aug 20, 2023 01:35pm	Move Media Capability
Mar 21, 2023 09:35pm	Link Historical Containers
Mar 19, 2023 02:07pm	Honorific Capability
Feb 04, 2023 10:56am	Anti-Endorsements
Jan 09, 2023 06:10pm	Container Indicator Icons
Jan 02, 2023 01:08pm	Photos with Race User Polls
Dec 14, 2022 05:38pm	Embed Truth Social posts
May 18, 2022 07:24am	MP4 videos in discussion
Mar 23, 2022 10:27am	Endorsements: Date, Revoke Date and URL
Mar 08, 2022 12:34am	Upcoming Containers
May 10, 2021 07:37pm	Fix Generate Map Issue
May 05, 2021 04:43pm	Default new Party Registration
Nov 15, 2020 04:11pm	New AP Data Processing
Jul 10, 2020 03:12pm	Polling Firm Default Contact Type
Jun 30, 2020 04:24pm	Ad Videos on Media Pages
May 27, 2020 12:05pm	Video on Edit Page
May 08, 2020 03:43pm	Add Source field to MapImage
Apr 21, 2020 10:16pm	"Other" Candidate Gender additon
Apr 09, 2020 07:37pm	Dropped out candidates with votes
Feb 25, 2020 03:01pm	Calendar Date Helper
Dec 27, 2019 09:43am	US Census Date Helper
Dec 26, 2019 03:09pm	Neighbors Attach Functions
Oct 17, 2019 11:13am	Biggest City/County Ajax Load
Sep 28, 2019 09:45am	Combine Attached Container to reg list
Sep 21, 2019 08:07pm	Set next race incumbency
Aug 18, 2019 09:27pm	Race Over Votes & Under Votes
Aug 01, 2019 05:47pm	Dated text blocks
Jul 31, 2019 10:53pm	Add meta information to Candidates
Jul 31, 2019 06:43pm	Yearly % changes to Voter Registration
Jul 01, 2019 04:39pm	Add force logout for admins
Jun 11, 2019 06:02pm	Add Population to left Container list
May 07, 2019 07:36pm	Add Colormix and Bubblemap to maps
Dec 26, 2018 03:17pm	Set Geographical parent for Race
Dec 18, 2018 01:37pm	Map Upgrades
Nov 29, 2018 04:05pm	Link to remove VTD-Map Location links
Nov 06, 2018 12:35pm	Vote Update History
Sep 19, 2018 06:18pm	Pull relevant primary tv ad into general
Aug 31, 2018 09:26am	Add Meta data to Candidates
Aug 17, 2018 06:06pm	Autosizing Maps
Jun 12, 2018 10:08pm	Primary Party Totals on General Page
Jun 11, 2018 05:51pm	Expand Twitter status in messages
Jun 08, 2018 05:43pm	Re-Enable Twitter feed on Candidates
Jun 01, 2018 04:47pm	Fixes for Top-2 polls
May 11, 2018 08:39pm	Download RaceSub and Precinct Data
Mar 30, 2018 11:58am	Add On Ballot As name
Mar 29, 2018 03:49pm	Add Emotes to News and AdVideo
Feb 27, 2018 01:00pm	Add Tossup to Leaning Predictions
Feb 26, 2018 05:53pm	Sub-Race Improvements
Feb 23, 2018 12:21pm	Voting District Editing
Feb 08, 2018 09:55pm	Precinct Map Changes
Jan 09, 2018 06:20pm	Elected official residence marker
Jan 05, 2018 01:12pm	DMA Analysis
Jan 04, 2018 04:25pm	Add Open Seats on House Page
Dec 03, 2017 02:12pm	Add a County input box below the city input box on the candi
Nov 06, 2017 05:36pm	Set New Since date slider
Nov 06, 2017 06:11am	Customize home panel order
Nov 06, 2017 06:08am	Allow for option to add candidates to races based on ID number rather than just name search.
Nov 06, 2017 06:06am	Fix FEC data pull
Oct 26, 2017 08:08pm	Book images from OpenLibrary
Aug 05, 2017 05:12pm	Convert commas to spaces in maps
Jul 17, 2017 06:18pm	Extend History to Non-Race Containers
Jul 01, 2017 11:07am	Separate Edit Page for Map Location
Jun 10, 2017 09:16pm	Map Location usable on many Map Images
May 25, 2017 05:37pm	Race Sub allow remove fields
May 21, 2017 02:35pm	Add Demographics option on Race Maps
Sep 15, 2016 06:12pm	Add Candidate RIP to home page
Aug 08, 2016 12:04pm	New Presidential Interactive Panel
Jul 22, 2016 06:20pm	AdVideo Facebook Videos
Apr 27, 2016 12:24pm	AP import - tables after first
Apr 27, 2016 12:07pm	AP data import - allow Town/City
Dec 03, 2015 07:46am	Campaign Logos
Nov 11, 2015 10:46am	FEC Finance Report/Committee Add/Edit
Oct 27, 2015 11:04pm	Entry/Dropout Section for Homepage
Oct 14, 2015 09:40pm	Entry and Dropout Article Links
Oct 12, 2015 01:19am	Change race endorsements to scroll
Oct 12, 2015 01:16am	Dropouts on Race page
Oct 05, 2015 10:38am	Convert YouTube to HTML5 IFrame
Jul 26, 2015 01:41pm	Fix/Change Sub-Races
Jul 06, 2015 11:13pm	Map Location Pickup/Drop
Jul 01, 2015 09:02pm	Minor Editing Helpers
May 06, 2015 09:45am	Add button to un-select winner in Race
Apr 18, 2015 10:22am	Add Candidate Countries within Countries
Apr 07, 2015 02:45pm	Always have District Map
Mar 15, 2015 05:26pm	Endorsement Entry Changes
Mar 15, 2015 05:24pm	Candidate Search Changes
Mar 05, 2015 10:05pm	Display ballot rounds on Race page
Feb 19, 2015 05:40pm	Automated To-Do Page
Feb 16, 2015 08:58pm	Smart Set Candidate Entry
Feb 13, 2015 02:22pm	Candidate party color for nonpartisan
Dec 23, 2014 12:14pm	Add Map Zoom Area Buttons
Oct 10, 2014 07:35pm	Add Issue checkboxes to AdVideo
Oct 10, 2014 07:33pm	Only show in-state Candidates
Oct 10, 2014 07:31pm	Add First Name to Add Candidate search
Oct 10, 2014 07:26pm	Order Candidates by Last Party Held
Oct 10, 2014 07:25pm	Fix Twitter Feeds
Oct 10, 2014 07:23pm	Auto Check Incumbent and Write In
Nov 08, 2012 06:31pm	Put sub-race data entry into scroll
Sep 25, 2012 08:53pm	Add Contact Type to Polls
Sep 23, 2012 05:55pm	Weighted + Adjusted Poll Average
Sep 21, 2012 08:06pm	Embeddable Maps
Sep 17, 2012 06:04pm	Add Language to AdVideo
Sep 14, 2012 06:15pm	Add Pickup/Drop for Ad Videos
Aug 31, 2012 10:41am	Last View
Aug 28, 2012 08:36pm	Change search to use Boolean Full Text
Aug 28, 2012 08:18pm	Add Vimeo to AdVideo
Aug 17, 2012 01:12pm	Add "Deaf" to tags
Aug 17, 2012 12:57pm	Add DMAs to Ad Videos
Aug 02, 2012 06:24pm	Add Next General Election to Primaries
Aug 01, 2012 05:59pm	Reduce amount of visible Twitter posts
Aug 01, 2012 05:50pm	Changes to Poll Types
Jul 26, 2012 08:06pm	Additions to Ad Videos
Jul 24, 2012 07:54pm	Site Statistics on 2¢ Use
Jul 24, 2012 07:20pm	Add "Against Candidate" field for Ads
Jul 24, 2012 07:18pm	Sub-Races appear in CALLED RACE RESULTS
Jul 19, 2012 05:32pm	Add "Prediction" Message Tag
Jul 05, 2012 06:28pm	Poll graph pan and zoom
Jul 05, 2012 01:55pm	Add deviaton from norm to Race Maps
Jul 03, 2012 07:07pm	Add % change to race maps
Jul 02, 2012 04:54pm	Add Turnout % to Races
Jun 26, 2012 02:01pm	Add Crazy/Befuddled/WTF emoticon
Jun 18, 2012 04:16pm	Disable candidate remove if data.
Jun 01, 2012 07:02pm	Reconfigure how voter registration data is input. Set up th
Jan 27, 2012 08:16am	Simple Armies and Territory game.
Jan 17, 2012 05:30pm	Point Reduction Tool For LL Maps
Aug 31, 2011 12:46pm	Be able to attach News to other News.
Jul 15, 2011 04:58pm	RSS Feed
Jul 14, 2011 05:58pm	Adjustments for MapImages - Boundary and Shifting
Jul 14, 2011 03:11pm	"Previous Discussion" inserts directly into page instead of
Jul 13, 2011 08:42pm	Discussion thumbs up/down
Jul 07, 2011 07:50pm	Fusion votes for Races
Jul 01, 2011 06:19pm	Candidate lat/lon and lookup on Candidate Edit page, locatio
Jun 11, 2011 07:11pm	Add Google maps results to Race Detail pages - multiple map
Jun 11, 2011 07:09pm	Make result maps use the county maps that are attached to a
Jun 11, 2011 07:07pm	Move sub-races to separate database tables named after their
May 31, 2011 02:06pm	Change title for local offices, such as county/town/city cou
May 31, 2011 02:06pm	County-level results style by oblast in Ukraine container.
May 20, 2011 06:48pm	Non-race multi Google maps.
May 01, 2011 05:30pm	Add descriptions for MapImage and MapLocation
Apr 23, 2011 04:51pm	Group Race History pages by map of district.
Apr 23, 2011 01:20pm	Add District map to upcoming Race pages.
Apr 22, 2011 11:25pm	If the current Party of the Candidate does not match the Rac
Apr 21, 2011 01:00am	Revise Google maps: multi-race maps with colored win indicat
Apr 06, 2011 10:49pm	If there is only one Party in a race, the Race page will pre
Apr 06, 2011 07:26pm	Open County Results to Races in Containers that appear deepe
Mar 29, 2011 07:29pm	Add Census ID field to Containers.
Feb 17, 2011 04:53pm	Change/Fix "Now Date", add info button.
Feb 17, 2011 01:32pm	Fetch FEC data nightly, replace/extend finance reports
Feb 17, 2011 01:32pm	Change home page new Family Connect area to include both peo
Feb 17, 2011 12:27pm	On the homepage, when new polls are added, the name of the r
Feb 17, 2011 12:10pm	Add "View" button to list of candidates being searched when
Feb 08, 2011 08:34pm	Limit candidates shown on Race pages to 14 with a link to sh
Nov 30, 2010 07:11pm	Add office -elect results on Container Detail pages for the
Oct 01, 2010 12:24am	Add PVI calculation to Container
Sep 23, 2010 07:36pm	Only show home page user birthdays if the user has logged in
Sep 23, 2010 07:16pm	Add user rating for Video Ads.
Aug 25, 2010 06:57pm	Add time-based Leaning graph for Races.
Aug 23, 2010 08:56pm	Add "Prior Name(s)" to Candidate.
Aug 23, 2010 07:05pm	Replace Container Category Field with a separate table.
Aug 17, 2010 07:53pm	Create "Office" table for Races to replace the Office field.
Aug 09, 2010 07:32am	Add Zero(0)/Nil as an option to the Candidate Importance and
Aug 06, 2010 07:12pm	Add information links in race containers like candidates hav
Aug 06, 2010 07:06pm	Add control panel to Matchup Poll graph to do interesting th
Jul 29, 2010 07:59pm	Add Google Maps for Containers.
Jul 29, 2010 04:18pm	Add ability for a Party to Endorse
Jul 23, 2010 08:04pm	Graphical county selector on County List pages if Polygon Co
Jul 22, 2010 09:46pm	Add data entry to-do log/list similar to programming log to
Jul 22, 2010 03:30pm	County Results map selections load just map instead of whole
Jul 15, 2010 12:59pm	Allow attachments between Containers other than Child/Parent
Jul 07, 2010 09:17pm	Warn user and don't save News if the URL is the same as one
Jul 07, 2010 08:39pm	Add Cash On Hand reverse calculation javascript to make it e
Jul 07, 2010 07:04pm	Add Average Error calculation to Poll Firms.
Jun 28, 2010 10:45pm	Transfer race entry date of the winning candidate (and incum
Jun 16, 2010 07:31pm	If Race is not 100% in, calculate Estimated Final by project
Jun 16, 2010 03:44pm	Add "Internal For" to Polls to indicate by color background
Jun 15, 2010 05:33pm	Ability to turn off chat invites in User edit.
Jun 10, 2010 08:53pm	Create Video Ad utility.
Jun 09, 2010 07:27pm	Auto-set Poll Open, Poll Close and Filing Deadline values du
Jun 09, 2010 06:29pm	Show upcoming Events for the week on the home page.
Jun 09, 2010 06:26pm	Add "Parent Party" in Party for summation purposes where a f
Jun 07, 2010 01:55pm	Create a function to allow users to "Add" themselves to a Di
May 27, 2010 06:22am	Change leaning prediction # Slight, Lean, Strong, Safe to a
May 26, 2010 04:22pm	Support pre-primary polls with multiple candidates from the
May 26, 2010 04:14pm	Add Campaign Site to Race Member table, add Website/Campaign
May 25, 2010 07:03pm	Donate links and button for Candidates
May 03, 2010 07:01pm	Integrate Candidate Twitter feeds into Candidate pages.
Mar 19, 2010 07:11pm	Predictions will show "No Prediction Made" if you haven't ma
Mar 08, 2010 06:26pm	Add a "Media" field (text or link) to news items.
Mar 08, 2010 06:25pm	Add "Admin Notes" area to User accounts. If a User's access
Mar 08, 2010 04:59pm	Create drop-down for predictions for people with sufficient
Mar 02, 2010 05:57pm	Add search to News (List) page.
Nov 16, 2009 09:16pm	Fix party affiliation links in "Last General Election" so th
Nov 16, 2009 09:13pm	Create function which emails password to "Username" email if
Oct 07, 2009 06:31pm	Create picture navigation on Candidate pages for ones with m
Aug 19, 2009 02:55pm	Add note that candidates in italics are speculative to race
Aug 17, 2009 07:12pm	Auto-pull most populous cities/villages/townships on State p
Aug 07, 2009 04:44pm	Add comment boxes in history race pages, such as this one: h
Jul 17, 2009 10:00pm	Add/Fix Chat
Jul 07, 2009 07:03pm	Show polls even if results not visible until close if the us
Jun 09, 2009 03:54pm	Add optional "Author" field to News items.
Oct 27, 2008 05:10pm	Redo polling graph.
May 25, 2008 05:19pm	On the UserList.html page, changes in Country and State aren
Feb 28, 2008 06:10pm	Security changes: You must be able to vote in user polls to
Feb 12, 2008 12:02pm	Add state and county map sub-race navigation and pop-up sub-
Feb 06, 2008 07:53pm	Add state-based mapping similar to county-based mapping. (No
Jan 29, 2008 01:49pm	Add "Parent Race" data entry field on Race Edit page. This
Jan 24, 2008 02:49pm	Add code to prevent Massachusetts Republican from posting tw
Dec 07, 2007 11:46pm	Add "quote" button to help automatically quote someone's mes
Oct 11, 2007 09:27pm	Flags in discussion area for the country the user's chosen p
Oct 01, 2007 08:23pm	Because of the all the political families, I wonder if we sh
Jun 01, 2007 10:28pm	Added a list of "Other Map Dates" in the Container Edit page
Jun 01, 2007 10:26pm	If a map is attached to another Container, new attaches usin
May 25, 2007 09:05pm	County Race Results Edit Page Changes: Add precincts repo
Feb 14, 2007 07:17pm	Add ability to send semi-private messages or parts of messa
Dec 15, 2006 05:40pm	Add "Officially Certified" checkbox to the place vote totals
Oct 14, 2006 01:59am	Candidate importance ratings. Will be used to cut down on l
Oct 12, 2006 07:00pm	More descriptive page title bars - add the specific details
Sep 07, 2006 11:10pm	Multiple dated pictures for Candidates. The closest dated p
Sep 07, 2006 08:38pm	Posting a YouTube™ video URL link (not the Embed code) wil
Sep 05, 2006 09:02pm	Create "Original Content" checkbox for News items that doesn
Sep 05, 2006 09:01pm	Create Event item for events that aren't specifically Races.
May 30, 2006 08:33pm	When I enter the county figures for the Dem and Rep primarie
May 30, 2006 08:33pm	Adding Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, CNMI (Northern Mar
May 05, 2006 08:26pm	Allow different color shades for county maps in races betwee
Apr 10, 2006 07:42pm	New quoting style capability, instructions on use in FAQs.
Nov 30, 2005 04:42pm	When adding/editing Polls, show the name of the Race or Cand
Aug 15, 2005 03:58pm	Non-speculative candidates (those with Race Entry dates) sho
Jul 21, 2005 07:05pm	Whenever a candiate is dropped out of a race, he still appea
Jul 11, 2005 04:27pm	Create download for non-sensitive data.
May 19, 2005 07:57pm	Add Demographics to Containers.
May 18, 2005 06:43pm	Create a "silly" option for user polls.
May 17, 2005 06:26pm	Add Party indicator for Races. Need for several other piece
May 17, 2005 06:21pm	Redo Candidate Edit to have a drop-down box for Party Affili
May 17, 2005 04:03pm	Develop software change to allow containers to be moved into
May 17, 2005 03:07pm	Change the very vague and potentially misleading category "F
May 04, 2005 05:51pm	If possible, when party registration data is input, any 3rd
May 04, 2005 05:46pm	Change "OFFICE TYPE" that is appearing in the drop down list
May 04, 2005 05:32pm	Standardize "Username" as functioning email address for the
Apr 02, 2005 05:09pm	Remove /cgi-bin/r.cgi from the URLs.
Mar 28, 2005 12:30am	Fix "Previous Election" results on a Race page to support mu
Mar 15, 2005 08:02pm	Adding Endorsements as something Last Modified by a user.
Mar 14, 2005 08:47pm	Display "Access Levels" on User Detail Page. "Access Levels
Mar 14, 2005 08:38pm	Have site automatically keep track of people's Screen Name c
Mar 12, 2005 07:04pm	Make the Primary Box in container history show something bes
Mar 12, 2005 06:11pm	Polls posted under silly races should only appear on the mai
Mar 12, 2005 05:53pm	Add "Contributor" member link to most items as an addition t
Mar 12, 2005 01:14pm	Provide a comments box for each suggestion so that other use
Feb 25, 2005 06:18pm	Set site to use utf-8 (Unicode) language coding.
Feb 24, 2005 06:47pm	Implement message archive database functionality for message
Feb 23, 2005 08:17pm	Automatically label News older than 2 months with the prefix
Feb 23, 2005 07:54pm	Create programming log section with completed changes, to-do

To-Do Changes
Suggested By	Description	Priority
U Ole Polecat	Allow users to modify/view time to their own time zone.	90.00
RP	New Cart Items: Pickup, Follow, AmIn, Email	85.00
RP	Total revamp of Senate page.	80.00
Angry Russian	Allow to see "previous revisions of page	80.00
TX DEM	Delete another user's predictions	80.00
Ashley	Tag Cleanup and Consolidation	80.00
RP	Add Poll Detail Page	80.00
Juan Croniqueur	Full functionality for Cand. search page	80.00
Eric	Transfer Endorsements from Primary to General	40.00
Homegrown Democrat	Timezone input field in News Article date	40.00
Scott³	Candidate Page Races Load More	40.00
Ralphie	Predict Accuracy and Partisan Lean for Users	40.00
J.R.	StateOfficeList Page Revamp	40.00
Scott³	Regional Polls for Candidates	40.00
Homegrown Democrat	Importance Rating for Articles	40.00
RP	Allow Races back to 6000 BC	40.00
BrentinCO	Show Last Period Receipts on Race Page	40.00
Caprice	Improving sub-race entry	40.00
BrentinCO	Support for Asian Naming Systems	40.00
BrentinCO	Create a House Election Page	40.00
BrentinCO	Primary Campaign Financials Roll-up	40.00
Ben	Merge candidate function to reduce number of duplicate candi	30.00
RP	Automatic calculation of points instead of a manual recalc	30.00
RP	Fix Instant Runoff Voting polls	10.00
Ben	Unicode accent mark similar searches	10.00
Scott³	Have the Confirmation, Appointed and Acting fields show up l	10.00
U Ole Polecat	Add the title "Reference" on a candidates webpage to show up	10.00
crickets chirp	For "Endorsement" races, make it such that the winner does n	10.00
U Ole Polecat	Create a "Copy" button next to the save button for container	10.00
Scott³	Allow users to prioritize in a State, County, City, etc, con	10.00
COSDem	Add "Add endorsement" link in the edit endorsement field.	10.00
Chronicler	Some means to search through books posted on site to make su	10.00
Chronicler	Rating system for books, similar to the key race rating syst	10.00
Servo	On the UserPredictions.html page, it'd be helpful to have th	10.00
Scott³	Have the Candidate search function ignore punctuation marks	10.00
Scott³	Create a merge function for polling company pages and media	10.00
RBH	Add a page for State House and State Senate pages showing ba	10.00
COSDem	Mobile Device OurCampaigns	10.00
RP	Fix/Discuss Demographics	10.00
Homegrown Democrat	Issue Advertisements	10.00
John	Is it possible to have the ability to sort by Takeover Threa	10.00
Scott³	Increase the number of user predictions that appear on the h	10.00
Homegrown Democrat	I'm not sure how easy this would be, but one thing that's al	10.00
Craverguy	Allow Presidents of foreign governments to be listed with th	10.00
RP	Candidate prior (dated) addresses.	10.00
Homegrown Democrat	Delete Bad "Importance" Ratings	10.00
411 Name Removed	Remove candidate birth/death times	10.00
CincinnatiReds1990	"Predict %" on all rows	10.00
Mr. Matt	Redistricting line for race history graphs	10.00
Imperator	Add/Modify Ethnicity Tags	10.00
Homegrown Democrat	Polling Bias by State	10.00
Homegrown Democrat	Early Voting Info	10.00
Mr. Matt	Not display races on subpages if no WTS	10.00
Brandonius Maximus	Make "Previous Screen Names" collapsible	10.00
Zeus the Moose	Split from/merged with for parties	10.00
RP	Rematch Indicator	10.00
RP	Candidate Search by Location	10.00
RP	Facebook Login	10.00
RP	Multi-Round Sub-Race Data and Maps	10.00
RP	Sponsored Users Access	10.00
RP	Consolidated City/County Functionality	10.00
Caprice	Add margin to race map	10.00
RP	Option to switch site date to Election	10.00
Barack O-blame-a	For multi-winner races, such as the New Hampshire State Hous	0.01
Ralphie	Change last name search function to include characters with	0.01
Rejected Suggestions
Suggested By	Description	Priority
6 KM	Have "Last Primary Election/Next Primary Election" on primar	80.00
Angry Russian	"Rumored/Declined To Run" container	80.00
日本語 Karl Rove	Make all user and candidate endorsements visible.	40.00
Karma Policeman	Make the ability to edit date information for multiple races	40.00
Ashley	Change the way OC Chat invites work, so that they aren't aut	40.00
Scott³	Ideology used for user-created polls.	40.00
Jason	Option to Disable Google Maps	40.00
Barack O-blame-a	County results for State House and State Senate races.	10.00
6 KM	New tags: Pro-Patriot Act, Anti-Patriot Act.	10.00
Scott³	Change the abbreviation for "Unknown" in the State field of	10.00
U Ole Polecat	Show candidate title as his/her highest office achieved, not	10.00
Maditude	Discussions listed with the most recent response on top.	10.00
Scott³	Create an additional field for "Social name suffixes", i.e.	10.00
COSDem	Can you add an info. link in race containers?I'd like to	10.00
Jason	Create a "sandbox" for new users to utilize when learning ho	10.00
Servo	Make "Previous Screen Names" section on user profiles expand	10.00
CincinnatiReds1990	Add to the tags "Scotch-Irish" so there is not confusion wea	10.00
COSDem	Any chance of going to like a State House container or State	10.00
COSDem	When searching for candidates like Linda Sánchez it comes u	10.00
COSDem	Middle Names	10.00