🗳️ Voting App with Email Verification

A full-stack voting system built with Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, and JWT. Includes secure user registration, login, email verification, and vote tracking.

🚀 Tech Stack

• Frontend: Next.js 14 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Next.js API routes (Pages Router)
• Database: PostgreSQL (hosted on Render or Railway)
• ORM: Prisma
• Auth: JWT (stored in httpOnly cookies)
• Email: Nodemailer (SMTP with Gmail)

🔐 Features

• ✅ User registration with email verification
• ✅ Secure login with JWT
• ✅ Password reset via email
• ✅ Protected routes (/vote, /results)
• ✅ Real-time vote tracking and results
• ✅ Password visibility toggle
• ✅ Mobile-friendly responsive navigation

📄 Pages

Route	Description
/register	Register new user (email + password)
/login	Login with JWT
/forgot-password	Request password reset email
/reset-password	Reset password using token
/vote	Vote for a political party (requires login)
/results	View voting results, sorted by votes

⚙️ Environment Variables

Create a .env file with the following:

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:password@host:port/dbname"
JWT_SECRET="yoursecretkey"
EMAIL_SERVER_HOST="smtp.gmail.com"
EMAIL_SERVER_PORT=587
EMAIL_SERVER_USER="your-email@gmail.com"
EMAIL_SERVER_PASSWORD="your-app-password"
EMAIL_FROM="your-email@gmail.com"
BASE_URL="http://localhost:3000" # or your deployed URL

🧪 Development

npm install
npx prisma generate
npx prisma migrate dev
npm run dev

📦 Deployment

This app is deployed to Vercel.

⚠️ If using Vercel, make sure to add "postinstall": "prisma generate" in package.json to avoid Prisma client issues during build.

🛠️ TODO

• Add admin dashboard
• Add vote confirmation animation
• Display results with charts
• Add support for vote editing or canceling

📸 Screenshots

Coming soon...

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Made with ❤️ by Denys Koval