Players should be able to vote on a new mayor (in democracy mode) and town officers should be able to get a poll of citizens' opinions.

Special votes would perform actions such as a vote of no confidence or elections that would automatically change officers.

Notes:
one table would be for a simple boolean vote (yes/no). this would mostly be for the officers to take opinion polls but could also be used as a vote-of-no-confidence for the officers, submitted by any citizen. it'd be nice if we could specify a percentage in the parameters (such as a 2/3 vote for important matters).
the second would be for multiple choice votes, such as a list of nominees for mayor. i'm not sure what to do in the event of a tie...
Think about how to structure the database, we might need 3 tables...

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