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+module SenateTypes(
+    CandidateID,
+    UpperLowerMap
+    ) where
+
+
+
+--  fairly obvious, rankings and candidateIDs are both numbers
+type Ranking = Int
+type CandidateID = Int
+
+
+
+--  positions in the uppermap list correspond to the boxes above the line,
+--  and the lists of candidateIDs are the boxes below the line
+type UpperMap = [[CandidateID]]
+
+
+
+--  merely a list in the order of how candidates were placed below the line
+type LowerMap = [CandidateID]
+
+
+
+--  represents a criteria used for finding ballots that voted a specific
+--  way, for example voted for candidate C as #1, candidate F as #2, etc
+type Trace = [(Ranking,CandidateID)]
+