[tor-bugs] #19036 [Core Tor/Tor]: Write v3-status-votes file even when we fail to make a consensus

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#19036: Write v3-status-votes file even when we fail to make a consensus
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     Reporter:  arma          |      Owner:
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium        |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.???
    Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal        |   Keywords:  029-proposed
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 In dirvote_compute_consensuses(), we have checks for {{{if (n_votes <=
 n_voters/2)}}} and {{{if (!n_vote_running)}}}, which cause us to fail and
 abort, before we get around to the
 {{{
   votefile = get_datadir_fname("v3-status-votes");
   write_chunks_to_file(votefile, votestrings, 0, 0);
 }}}
 lines.

 We should write the votes out to the file earlier in this process, so
 operators can read them to see available votes even in the failure case.

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