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(For installation instructions, please see INSTALL.txt)

Democracy forum
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This module together with additional modules enables features
suitable for e-democracy work. The functionality is centered around a set of
content types:

 - Binary poll or ranking poll. When given a "council date" they will be
 displayed as an "council issue" which users can vote on.
 - Proposals.
 - Arguments. Can be added to polls and proposals.
 - Forum topic. Used for various discussions. 

Below is a list with features grouped by the respective module implementing them.

  * Advanced Poll
    - Advanced voting capabilities.
    
  * Pro and Con
    - Enables "pro" and "con" argumentation on content, which makes it easy to
    compare different arguments on a subject.
    
  * Fivestar
    - Makes it possible to rate "pro" and "con" arguments. High rated
    arguments will be displayed higher up than low rated arguments.
    
  * Forum
    - Basic forum functionality with discussions around topics.
    
  * Democracy forum (this module)
    - Adds a new content type called "proposal" that can have different
    statuses (e.g. "draft" or "archived"). The statuses provided can be changed 
    and the ones installed only serves as examples.
    
    - Creates a default forum called "open discussion", again only as an example.
    
    - Adds two extra fields to polls: "Council result" and "Link to decision".
    
    - Makes it possible to group polls by "council date". Polls with the same
    council date will get their own page which lists the winning result for each
    poll calculated from the votes on the site, as well as council result and
    link to decision if provided. These results are only displayed when the 
    council date has passed.
    
    - Adds two blocks that can be used when viewing a poll: "Related council
    issues" and "Council status". "Related council issues" will list polls of the
    same council date and also display if the user has voted on the poll. 
    "Council status" displays a stats message based on the council date, e.g. 
    "One week left" or "Archived".
    
    - Provides a default frontpage for the features listed above which displays
    council issues (polls), forums, arguments and proposals.