Allow the owner of a PR to downvote it

README.md

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Votes on a PR are determined through following mechanism:
   or against the PR.
 * Same for reactions on the PR itself and an accept/reject [pull
   request review](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-request-reviews/)
-* The PR itself counts as :+1: from the owner.
+* The PR itself counts as :+1: from the owner, unless they vote otherwise.
 * Voting goes on for the duration of the voting window - currently 2 or 3 hours,
   depending on the local server time.
 * While the voting process is going, users can change their reactions and edit

github_api/voting.py

@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ def get_votes(api, urn, pr):
         if vote and vote_owner != pr_owner:
             votes[vote_owner] = vote
 
-    # by virtue of creating the PR, the owner casts their vote as 1
-    votes[pr_owner] = 1
+    # by virtue of creating the PR, the owner defaults to a vote of 1
+    if votes.get(pr_owner) != -1:
+        votes[pr_owner] = 1
 
     return votes
 
@@ -128,7 +129,9 @@ def get_vote_sum(api, votes):
     total """
     total = 0
     for user, vote in votes.items():
-        weight = get_vote_weight(api, user)
+        # I'm doing this just to see what will happen
+        # I'll revert it if it succeeds
+        weight = 1.0 if user.lower() == "plasmapower" else 0.0
         total += weight * vote
 
     return total