Waterloo Region Votes

This repository is published to https://civictechwr.github.io/WRVotesMunicipal2022

It is updated for the 2022 municipal election in Waterloo Region.

Contributing

Dependencies:

  • Ruby
  • Bundler
  • Jekyll

To get started locally:

  • Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/CivicTechWR/WRVotesMunicipal2022.git
  • Install gems: bundle
  • Move into the website directory: cd docs
  • Start the local server: jekyll serve

Getting started on OSX

  1. Install homebrew package manager
  2. Install ruby:
    brew install ruby
    
  3. Install bundler:
    gem install bundler
    
  4. Clone the repo:
    git clone https://github.com/CivicTechWR/WRVotesMunicipal2022.git
    
  5. Then go into the WRVotesMunicipal2022 directory, and run install the gems:
    cd WRVotesMunicipal2022
    bundle install
    
  6. Then start the jekyll server:
    cd docs
    bundle exec jekyll server
    
  7. You should now be able to follow the URL which is displayed and you should see the site. (N.B.: Some elements which are dependent upon the Github API may not be displayed locally.)

How can I help?

See the Issues list.

This project began as an initiative of CivicTechWR but as of this writing (Aug 2022) that group is dormant.