edited votes controller

Election/app/controllers/votes_controller.rb

 class VotesController < ApplicationController
   before_action :authenticate_user!
-    def index
-      @positions = Position.all
-      @votes = current_user.votes
-      @candidates = Candidate.all
-    end
-   def new
+   def index
+    @candidates_by_position = Candidate.all.group_by(&:position_id)
+  end
+
+  def new
     if Vote.exists?(user: current_user)
       redirect_to root_path, alert: "You have already voted."
     else
-      @user = current_user
-      @user.votes.build  
+      @user = current_user.votes.build
       @positions = Position.all
-      render "votes/new.html.erb"
     end
   end
+
   def checkout
     if current_user.update(vote_params)
       redirect_to root_path
@@ -26,17 +24,12 @@ class VotesController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def profile
-    if user_signed_in?
-      @user = current_user
-      @votes = Vote.where(user_id: (@user.id))
-    else
-      redirect_to root_path
-    end
+    @votes = current_user.votes
   end
+
   private
-  def vote_params
-      params.require(:vote).permit!
-  end
+    def vote_params
+      params.require(:user).permit!
+    end
 
-   
 end
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Election/app/models/vote.rb

@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
 	def to_s
 		"#{candidate.first_name} #{candidate.last_name}"
 	end
+	accepts_nested_attributes_for :votes
 end

Election/app/views/votes/_form.html.erb

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		
 	<%= v.button :submit, "Vote", class: "btn btn-primary" %>
 	<%= link_to "Back to Homepage", root_path, class: "btn btn-default" %>
-	<%= link_to "Vote Record", votes_index_path
+	<%= link_to "Vote Record", votes_index_path %>
 <% end %>
 
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