diff --git a/lib/state.py b/lib/state.py
index 8ff8a8c..2f0b587 100644
--- a/lib/state.py
+++ b/lib/state.py
@@ -124,6 +124,29 @@ class PlayerTracker:
         """Get clean (color-code-stripped) names of all tracked players"""
         return [strip_color_codes(name) for name in self.server_info.players]
 
+    def set_score(self, name, score):
+        """Set a player's authoritative score (from PLAYER_STATS / LIVESTATS)"""
+        clean_name = strip_color_codes(name)
+        if name in self.server_info.players:
+            self.server_info.players[name]['score'] = str(score)
+            return True
+        for player_name in self.server_info.players:
+            if strip_color_codes(player_name) == clean_name:
+                self.server_info.players[player_name]['score'] = str(score)
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    def update_livestats(self, clean_name, score, dealt, taken, ping):
+        """Update live score/damage/ping from a LIVESTATS console print (clean name)"""
+        for player_name, player_data in self.server_info.players.items():
+            if strip_color_codes(player_name) == clean_name:
+                player_data['score'] = str(score)
+                player_data['ping'] = str(ping)
+                player_data['dealt'] = str(dealt)
+                player_data['taken'] = str(taken)
+                return True
+        return False
+
     def remove_player(self, name):
         """Remove player from tracking"""
         clean_name = strip_color_codes(name)
@@ -223,6 +246,26 @@ class EventDeduplicator:
         return False
 
 
+class VoteTracker:
+    """Tracks cast subjects of the running vote; reset on each vote call"""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.subjects = []
+
+    def on_call(self):
+        self.subjects = []
+
+    def on_cast(self, subject):
+        self.subjects.append(subject)
+
+    def result_annotation(self):
+        """The cast subject when every cast agreed, else None (multi-option votes:
+        the winner is unknowable from broadcasts)"""
+        if self.subjects and all(s == self.subjects[0] for s in self.subjects):
+            return self.subjects[0]
+        return None
+
+
 class GameState:
     """Main game state container"""
 
@@ -230,3 +273,4 @@ class GameState:
         self.server_info = ServerInfo()
         self.player_tracker = PlayerTracker(self.server_info)
         self.event_deduplicator = EventDeduplicator()
+        self.vote_tracker = VoteTracker()