CHANGELOG.org

Changelog for ABIF web tool (awt):

[0.34.0] 2025-09-XX (FIXME-githash) link previews; moar elections

• Added many elections in STL, SF, and NYC
• Added several ballot transformations (e.g. ranked->approval)
• Link preview images (SVG/PNG) and og:descriptions for sharing on social
• Image lightbox for viewing preview images included on /id/* pages
• Condorcet/Copeland: several fixes and updates
• Hide ABIF submission area by default on `/id/*` pages
• Added several tags (e.g. “CenterSqueeze”, “CondorcetCycle”)
• Debugging: `?debug=json` output when awt started with –debug flag
• Light refresh of ABIF submission panel
• Many caching/back-end changes and other robustness fixes

[0.33.0] 2025-08-22 (c607afaf) tag navigation; approval voting; tabbed interface

• Homepage redesign showing featured elections
  • Old /awt edit interface still available
• Approval voting support
• Added 2025 NYC Democratic Party mayoral primary
• New /browse page with much more organized elections index
• Vastly improved tag navigation
• Tabbed interface makes it easier to switch between methods
• Deprecated /dot and /wlt URLs routes; new /pairwise route
• More widespread application of candidate color boxes
• RCV/IRV: popovers showing transfer information
• Condorcet/Copeland: Moved tournament digraph under pairwise table.
• Cleaned up election rendering for all methods
• Using candidate names instead of tokens in many more places
• Started design work on bifhub
• Started using standardized notices across voting methods

[0.32.0] 2025-07-22 (58e72644) Caching support

[0.31.0] 2025-07-11 (765afe9d) FPTP; test suite; substantial bugfix release

• Added FPTP support
• Added test suite, performing smoketest on all elections in abif_list.yml
• SF-mayoral IRV tabulation
• Started important modularization work (conduits.py)
• Cleaned up output (e.g. star colors in STAR output, important footnotes)
• Many tweaks and bugfixes

[0.2.0] 2025-02-04 (f9825cc) IRV/RCV tabulation; bolson archive

• Added IRV/RCV tabulation
  • Handles IRV ties with random selection in rounds with ties (per SF and Maine rules)
• Greatly expanded list of elections
  • Include all of Brian Olson’s archive
  • Added Debian elections from 2023 and 2024 and links to Github in footer
  • Added San Francisco special election from 2018
• Permalinks to per method /id results
• Many tweaks and bugfixes
• See also:
  • https://github.com/electorama/awt/releases/tag/v0.2.0
  • https://hio.mailmanlists.us/archives/list/election-software@hio.mailmanlists.us/thread/CHUNC5UB6KNBWSX3GBBYCM7BRE7O3QMF/
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/1euuac4/debian_project_leader_election_of_2003_realworld/

[0.1.0] 2024-05-13 (8f25893) Initial release

• Condorcet/Copeland and STAR support
• Graphviz-based illustrations of Condorcet/Copeland beatpaths
• Some elections included:
  • Added most of the Debian Project Leader elections
  • Several variants of the TN example used all over Wikipedia and electowiki
  • Burlington mayoral election of 2009