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

classes/nominate_views.py

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Contains various views to be used in the nomination process.
 
 import nextcord
 from nextcord.interactions import Interaction
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from database_setup.sql_data_classes import CouncilMembers, engine
+from utils import get_election_cycle_name
 
 
 class NominateModal(nextcord.ui.Modal):
@@ -42,6 +46,12 @@ class NominateModal(nextcord.ui.Modal):
 
         await interaction.channel.send(nomination_message)
 
+        with Session(engine) as session:
+            council_member = CouncilMembers(
+                ElectionCycle=get_election_cycle_name(self.bot.config), MemberId=interaction.user.id
+            )
+            session.add(council_member)
+
 
 class NominateView(nextcord.ui.View):
     """