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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright © 2020 Interplanetary Database Association e.V.,
+# Planetmint and IPDB software contributors.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0)
+# Code is Apache-2.0 and docs are CC-BY-4.0
+
+# Change user and activate virtualenv
+activate () {
+    cd /home/bigchaindb
+    source env/bigchaindb/bin/activate
+}
+
+# Show tendermint node id
+show_id () {
+    su tendermint -c "cd && go/bin/tendermint show_node_id"
+}
+
+# Show validator public key
+show_validator () {
+    su tendermint -c "cd && go/bin/tendermint show_validator"
+}
+
+# Elect new voting power for node
+elect_validator () {
+    activate
+    bigchaindb election new upsert-validator $1 $2 $3 --private-key /tmp/priv_validator_key.json
+}
+
+# Show election state
+show_election () {
+    activate
+    bigchaindb election show $1
+}
+
+# Approve election
+approve_validator () {
+    activate
+    bigchaindb election approve $1 --private-key /tmp/priv_validator_key.json
+}
+
+# Fetch tendermint id and pubkey and create upsert proposal
+elect () {
+    node_id=$(show_id)
+    validator_pubkey=$(show_validator | jq -r .value)
+    proposal=$(elect_validator $validator_pubkey $1 $node_id 2>&1 | grep SUCCESS)
+    echo ${proposal##* }
+}
+
+usage () {
+    echo "usage: TODO"
+}
+ 
+while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
+    case $1 in
+        show_id )           show_id
+                            ;;
+        show_validator )    show_validator
+                            ;;
+        elect )             shift
+                            elect $1
+                            ;;
+        show_election )     shift
+                            show_election $1
+                            ;;
+        approve )           shift
+                            approve_validator $1
+                            ;;
+        * )                 usage
+                            exit 1                           
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+exitcode=$?
+
+exit $exitcode
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