diff --git a/lib/tasks/test_api.rake b/lib/tasks/test_api.rake
index 10c58bb..0e0ff35 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/test_api.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/test_api.rake
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ namespace :test_api do
 
    task :all => [:question_vote_consistency,:generate_density_information]
 
+  desc "Ensure that all choices have 0 <= score <= 100"
+  task :verify_range_of_choices_scores => :environment do
+    puts verify_range_of_choices_scores().inspect
+  end
+
+  def verify_range_of_choices_scores
+    bad_choices_count = Choice.count(:conditions => 'score < 0 OR score > 100')
+    success_message = "All choices have a score within 0-100"
+    if bad_choices_count > 0
+      error_message = "Some choices have a score less than 0 or greater than 100"
+    end
+    return error_message.blank? ? [success_message, false] : [error_message, true]
+  end
+
    desc "Don't run unless you know what you are doing"
    task(:generate_lots_of_votes => :environment) do
       if Rails.env.production?
@@ -346,6 +360,12 @@ namespace :test_api do
     else
       successes << message
     end
+    message, error_occurred = verify_range_of_choices_scores
+    if error_occurred
+      errors << message
+    else
+      successes << message
+    end
 
     email_text = "Conducted the following tests on API data and found the following results\n" + "For each of the #{questions.length} questions in the database: \n"
     errors.each do |e|
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