Block model, data storage and translations

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I am writing a poll block. A poll has a title and some configurable answers.
Also I want to store the number of votes per answer independent of the translations, so the votes are the same across languages.

This is my blueprint:

name:
  *: blocks.poll

icon: chat-poll-line

fields:
  title:
    type: text
    label:
      *: title
    
  question:
    type: textarea
    buttons: false
    label:
      *: blocks.poll.question
    required: true 

  answers:
    type: structure
    label:
      *: blocks.poll.answers

    fields:
      text:
        type: text
        label:
          *: blocks.poll.answer
      icon:
        type: text
      votes:
        type: number
        label:
           *: blocks.poll.votes
        default: 0
        required: true
    columns:
      text:
        mobile: true
        width: 9/10
      icon:
        mobile: true
        width: 1/10
        align: center
      votes:
        mobile: true
        width: 1/10
        align: right

That gives me this:

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As far as I understand it, I need to store the numbers elsewhere (e. g. a text file) so I can de-couple votes from the translated blocks and have them be the same across languages.

  • How can I show the number of votes in the panel? A block model method?
  • How can I manipulate the votes from the backend, e. g. change or reset?

I was thinking maybe have a hook