move election fullname fn into the election clasee; add a shortname fn; refactor client code to use new fns
reduce voters.year field to a single digit width
create full-time student data; https://trello.com/c/EHciNIUL
add time resolution to date pickers in election creation; added weird 'optional' param as a workaround described in MDL-14385
update require helper fn to use Moodle's scandir fn
jason's 6 todos for 7 Aug 2014: https://trello.com/b/9JAfxODV