diff --git a/civicfix/.gitignore b/civicfix/.gitignore
index 2eea525..ade89e4 100644
--- a/civicfix/.gitignore
+++ b/civicfix/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-.env
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+.env
+issue_photos/
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diff --git a/civicfix/core/migrations/0002_vote.py b/civicfix/core/migrations/0002_vote.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6667ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/civicfix/core/migrations/0002_vote.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.5 on 2025-08-21 22:31
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Vote',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ('issue', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='votes', to='core.issue')),
+                ('user', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'unique_together': {('user', 'issue')},
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
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diff --git a/civicfix/core/urls.py b/civicfix/core/urls.py
index b96c76a..97c004b 100644
--- a/civicfix/core/urls.py
+++ b/civicfix/core/urls.py
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('report-issue/', views.report_issue, name='report_issue'),
     path('issues/', views.view_all_issues, name='view_all_issues'),
     path('vote/<int:issue_id>/', views.vote_issue, name='vote_issue'),
-
 ]
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