NiMSA Category B Voting MVP

Assumption

This version assumes:

• voting is free;
• one vote per category per email;
• nominees are stored in Supabase;
• leaderboard is public.

1. Create Supabase

Create a Supabase project and open SQL Editor. Paste and run supabase.sql.

Then add nominees using the example at the bottom of the SQL file.

2. Local setup

npm install
cp .env.example .env.local

Put your Supabase URL and anon key into .env.local.

Then:

npm run dev

3. GitHub + Vercel

Push this project to GitHub. Import the repository into Vercel. Add the same environment variables:

• NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL
• NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY

Deploy.

Important production note

For a real election, do not rely on email alone for strong voter identity. Add email OTP, phone OTP, or another approved voter-authentication method before launch. Also consider hiding raw voter data from public database reads and calculating leaderboard counts through a protected server-side function.