import { type BallotFileFormat, type VoteFileFormat } from "./parser.js";
import type { PathOrFileDescriptor } from "fs";
import VoteResult from "./votingMethods/VoteResult.js";
import CondorcetResult from "./votingMethods/CondorcetResult.js";
import SingleRoundResult from "./votingMethods/SingleRoundResult.js";
import type { ElectionSummaryOptions } from "./summary/electionSummary.js";
export interface Actor {
    id: string;
}
export type VoteCandidate = string;
export type VoteMethod = "MajorityJudgment" | "Condorcet" | "InstantRunoff" | "Scored" | "SingleRound";
export type Rank = number;
export interface Ballot {
    voter: Actor;
    preferences: Map<VoteCandidate, Rank>;
}
export declare function getVoteResultImplementation(method: VoteMethod): typeof CondorcetResult | typeof SingleRoundResult;
export interface VoteCommit {
    sha: string;
    author: string;
    signatureStatus: string;
    files: string[];
}
export default class Vote {
    #private;
    subject: string;
    private result;
    private textDecoder;
    voteFileData: VoteFileFormat;
    constructor(options?: {
        candidates?: VoteCandidate[];
        authorizedVoters?: Actor[];
        votes?: Ballot[];
        targetMethod?: VoteMethod;
        subject?: string;
    });
    loadFromFile(voteFilePath: PathOrFileDescriptor): void;
    loadFromString(voteFileContents: string): void;
    private voteFromVoteData;
    set targetMethod(method: VoteMethod);
    addCandidate(candidate: VoteCandidate, checkUniqueness?: boolean): void;
    reasonToDiscardCommit(commit: VoteCommit): string;
    addBallotFile(ballotData: BallotFileFormat, author?: string): Ballot;
    addFakeBallot(author: string): void;
    addBallotFromBufferSource(data: BufferSource, author?: string): void;
    addBallot(ballot: Ballot): void;
    count(options?: Partial<ElectionSummaryOptions> & {
        method?: VoteMethod;
    }): VoteResult;
}