Biruk2516/Online-Voting-for-Ethiopia

# Online Voting System for Ethiopia A secure online voting system designed specifically for Ethiopia, supporting multiple languages including Amharic, Tigrinya, and Oromo. ## Features - Multi-language support (English, Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromo) - Secure voting mechanism - Real-time translation using Hugging Face API - Modern React frontend - Node.js backend ## Environment Setup ### Frontend Configuration 1. Navigate to the frontend directory: ```bash cd frontend ``` 2. Create a `.env` file in the frontend directory: ```bash touch .env ``` 3. Add your Hugging Face API token to the `.env` file: ``` VITE_HUGGINGFACE_API_TOKEN=your_huggingface_token_here ``` **Note:** Get your Hugging Face API token from huggingface.co 4. Install dependencies: ```bash npm install ``` 5. Start the development server: ```bash npm run dev ``` ### Backend Configuration 1. Navigate to the backend directory: ```bash cd backend ``` 2. Install dependencies: ```bash npm install ``` 3. Start the backend server: ```bash npm start ``` ## Security Notes - Never commit API tokens or sensitive credentials to version control - The `.env` file is automatically ignored by git - Always use environment variables for sensitive configuration ## Contributing Please ensure that any API tokens or sensitive information are properly configured using environment variables and not hardcoded in the source code.