Middle of adding user to council member table. Need to move function for getting election name to utils.

classes/election_cycle.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from classes.nominate_views import NominateView
 from config import DakinyConfig
 from database_setup.sql_data_classes import ElectionInformation, engine
-from utils import get_datetime
+from utils import get_datetime, get_election_cycle_name
 
 
 class ElectionCycle:
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class ElectionCycle:
         """
         # create new channel for election
         category: nextcord.CategoryChannel = self.guild.get_channel(self.config.params.active_category_id)
-        quarter_name: str = self.get_election_cycle_name()
+        quarter_name: str = get_election_cycle_name()
 
         # create new entry into database.
         election_channel: nextcord.TextChannel = await category.create_text_channel(quarter_name)
@@ -217,16 +217,6 @@ class ElectionCycle:
 
         await election_channel.move(beginning=True, category=archive)
 
-    def get_election_cycle_name(self) -> str:
-        """
-        Builds the unique name of the current election cycle
-
-        Returns:
-            str: the name of the election cycle
-        """
-
-        return f"vote-{self.election_start.year}-{self.election_cycle.name}"
-
     def get_election_info(self) -> ElectionInformation:
         """
         Gets information for current election.
@@ -236,7 +226,5 @@ class ElectionCycle:
         """
 
         with Session(engine) as session:
-            stmt = select(ElectionInformation).where(
-                ElectionInformation.ElectionCycle == self.get_election_cycle_name()
-            )
+            stmt = select(ElectionInformation).where(ElectionInformation.ElectionCycle == get_election_cycle_name())
             return session.scalar(stmt)