import * as fs from "fs";
import * as crypto from "crypto";
import type { VoteMethod } from "./vote.js";
export interface VoteFileFormat {
    candidates: string[];
    allowedVoters: string[];
    method: VoteMethod;
    publicKey: string;
    encryptedPrivateKey: string;
    shares: string[];
    subject?: string;
    headerInstructions?: string;
    footerInstructions?: string;
    checksum?: string;
    canShuffleCandidates?: boolean;
    keepOnlyFirstLineInSummary?: boolean;
    requireSignedBallots?: boolean;
}
export interface BallotFileFormat {
    preferences: {
        title: string;
        score: number;
    }[];
    author: string;
    poolChecksum: string;
}
export interface UserCredentials {
    username: string;
    emailAddress: string;
}
export declare function parseYml<T>(document: string): T;
export declare function loadYmlString<T>(document: string, encoding?: crypto.Encoding, documentBuffer?: crypto.BinaryLike): T;
export declare function loadYmlFile<T>(filePath: fs.PathOrFileDescriptor): T;
export declare function templateBallot(voteConfig: VoteFileFormat, user?: UserCredentials, scores?: Map<string, number>): string;