HackTheVote.rb

require 'net/http'

def vote()
  result = Net::HTTP.get("www.someplace.com", "/voteCounter.php?voteFor=2", 80);
  # the results look like this:
  # total=6091&votesOption1=2791&votesOption2=2920&votesOption3=380
  
  matches = /votesOption1=(\d*)&votesOption2=(\d*)/i.match(result);
  o1 = matches[1].to_i();
  o2 = matches[2].to_i();
  
  return "#{result}&difference=#{o2-o1}";
end

(ARGV[0] || 1).to_i.abs.times{puts vote();};