What is the problem?
If you have an STV election with "Shuffle questions on the voting page" checked, if the questions have been shuffled out of the order they were in when the election was created, you cannot submit a vote. You instead see an error stating At least one option must be ranked.
As an example, the POST data when the vote fails shows the votes for the questions which are not in the right order are all 0:
securepoll_q0002713_opt0000001=0 securepoll_q0002713_opt0000002=0 securepoll_q0002713_opt0000003=0 securepoll_q0002709_opt0000001=0 securepoll_q0002709_opt0000002=0 securepoll_q0002718_opt0000000=2719 securepoll_q0002718_opt0000001=0 securepoll_q0002718_opt0000002=0 securepoll_q0002718_opt0000003=0 securepoll_q0002718_opt0000004=0
If the questions are in the order you created them, you can submit the form.
Steps to reproduce problem
- Create an election: select poll type STV, check "Shuffle questions on the voting page" and make at least two questions.
- Go to the election voting page. Refresh the page until the questions are not in the order you created them in.
- Attempt to vote.
Environment
Browser: Firefox 128. Safari 16.5.
Wiki(s): https://vote.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org SecurePoll 3.0.0 (fd684a5) 07:38, 19 May 2025.
Screenshots
The vote as it appeared before I submitted it:
The vote after I attempted to submit, showing the error:
