## public Election::getChecksum

### Description    

```php
public Election->getChecksum ( ): string
```

SHA-2 256 checksum of following internal data:
* Candidates
* Votes list & tags
* Computed data (pairwise, algorithm cache, stats)
* Class version (major version like 0.14)

Can be powerfull to check integrity and security of an election. Or working with serialized object.
    

### Return value:   

*(```string```)* SHA-2 256 bits Hexadecimal


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### Examples and explanation

* **[Manual - Cryptographic Checksum](https://github.com/julien-boudry/Condorcet/wiki/III-%23-A.-Avanced-features---Configuration-%23-2.-Cryptographic-Checksum)**