✨ Serialized classes should include an ElectionGuard version #554

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Suggestion

Serialized classes should include a version number that indicates what version is currently being used. Currently, the team is working towards 1.0 for the next release so the version would be 1.0.

This would overwrite the field that is currently on the manifest indicating the specification version. The expectation is a field on each section called electionguard_version: "1.0"

Possible names
electionguard_version
eg_version
eg_ver
sdk_version

Possible Implementation

This could be done by adding a field to existing models but should likely be restricted to certain classes. The primary concern are those files in the Election Record exclusively.

Existing one to be changed.
https://github.com/microsoft/electionguard-python/blob/c59fddcd89f85619ba801d6c38b1ea7f08210951/src/electionguard/manifest.py#L583

Anything else?

No response