votebot.py

def renewTorIdentity(passAuth):
    try:
        s = socket.socket()
        s.connect(('localhost', 9051))

        s.send('AUTHENTICATE "{0}"\r\n'.format(passAuth))
        resp = s.recv(1024)

        if resp.startswith('250'):
            s.send("signal NEWNYM\r\n")

            resp = s.recv(1024)

            if resp.startswith('250'):
                print "Identity renewed"
            else:
                print "response 2:", resp
        else:
            print "response 1:", resp

        s.close()
    except Exception as e:
        print "Can't renew identity: ", e
        s.close()