```ruby
require_relative '../badge'

class CivicDuty < Badge
  def series
    :civic_duty
  end

  def progress_title
    "You're getting close to..."
  end

  def calculate_progress!
    user = service.fetch('users', {
      ids: user_id,
      sort: 'reputation',
      order: 'desc',
      filter: '!--iqJa71*_pa',
      pagesize: 1,
      fetch_all_pages: false
    }).first

    vote_count = user['up_vote_count'] + user['down_vote_count']
    remaining = required_votes - vote_count

    remaining_str = "#{remaining} " + "vote".pluralize(remaining, "votes")

    self.progress_description = "#{description}. Only #{remaining_str} to go!"
  end

  def required_votes
    300
  end

  def service
    @service ||= StackExchangeService.new('stackoverflow')
  end
end

class Electorate < CivicDuty
  def progress_title
    "Have you considered..."
  end

  def calculate_progress!
    self.progress_description = description
  end
end
```

Refactor Electorate badge to inherit from Badge class, not CivicDuty
user
```ruby
require_relative '../badge'

class CivicDuty < Badge
  def series
    :civic_duty
  end

  def progress_title
    "You're getting close to..."
  end

  def calculate_progress!
    user = service.fetch('users', {
      ids: user_id,
      sort: 'reputation',
      order: 'desc',
      filter: '!--iqJa71*_pa',
      pagesize: 1,
      fetch_all_pages: false
    }).first

    vote_count = user['up_vote_count'] + user['down_vote_count']
    remaining = required_votes - vote_count

    remaining_str = "#{remaining} " + "vote".pluralize(remaining, "votes")

    self.progress_description = "#{description}. Only #{remaining_str} to go!"
  end

  def required_votes
    300
  end

  def service
    @service ||= StackExchangeService.new('stackoverflow')
  end
end

class Electorate < Badge
  def series
    :civic_duty
  end
end
```
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