diff --git a/app/models/cron_mailer.rb b/app/models/cron_mailer.rb
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+++ b/app/models/cron_mailer.rb
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+class CronMailer < ActionMailer::Base
+
+	def error_message(subject, message, sent_at= Time.now)
+		@from = 'cronjob@allourideas.org'
+		@recipients = "dhruv@dkapadia.com"
+		@subject ="[All Our Ideas] " +  subject
+		@sent_on = sent_at
+		@body[:message] = message
+      		@body[:host] = "www.allourideas.org"
+	end
+
+	
+  
+
+end
diff --git a/app/views/cron_mailer/error_message.erb b/app/views/cron_mailer/error_message.erb
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/app/views/cron_mailer/error_message.erb
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+Hi,
+
+A cron job has sent an error message. Find the hopefully relevant message below:
+
+<%= @message %>
+
+Thanks,
+All Our Ideas
+145 Wallace Hall
+Princeton, NJ 08544
+info@allourideas.org
diff --git a/app/views/cron_mailer/error_message.haml b/app/views/cron_mailer/error_message.haml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99a503a
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+++ b/app/views/cron_mailer/error_message.haml
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+Hi,
+
+= "A cron job has sent an error message. Find the hopefully relevant message below:\n"
+
+= @message`
+
+Thanks,
+All Our Ideas
+145 Wallace Hall
+Princeton, NJ 08544
+info@allourideas.org
diff --git a/lib/tasks/test_api.rake b/lib/tasks/test_api.rake
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+++ b/lib/tasks/test_api.rake
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+namespace :test_api do
+
+   desc "Description here"
+   task(:question_vote_consistency => :environment) do
+      questions = Question.find(:all)
+
+      error_msg = ""
+      questions.each do |question|
+
+	total_wins =0
+	total_votes =0
+	question.choices.each do |choice|
+			
+	    if choice.wins
+	      total_wins += choice.wins
+	      total_votes += choice.wins
+	    end
+
+	    if choice.losses
+              total_votes += choice.losses
+	    end
+        end
+
+	
+	if (2*total_wins != total_votes)
+		 error_msg += "Error:"
+	end
+
+	if(total_votes % 2 != 0)
+		error_msg += "ERROR"
+	end
+
+	error_msg += "Question #{question.id}: 2*wins = #{2*total_wins}, total votes = #{total_votes}\n"
+     end
+     
+     CronMailer.deliver_error_message("This is a test", "")
+
+   end
+end
+
diff --git a/test/unit/cron_mailer_test.rb b/test/unit/cron_mailer_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bc2f49
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+++ b/test/unit/cron_mailer_test.rb
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+require 'test_helper'
+
+class CronMailerTest < ActionMailer::TestCase
+  # replace this with your real tests
+  test "the truth" do
+    assert true
+  end
+end
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