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@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ Please note that cartography data, and micro resources only help the controlling
 of a station. The tool is clever enough to exclude these if the station you turn them in at, is not
 controlled by the faction you specified in the objective.
 
+Some missions may show up having zero influence for the given faction. This happens if you do
+missions for a faction which is currently in an election state. You do not gain influence for
+the faction so the influence reads as zero. But contribute towards the election, so the missions
+are selected anyway.
+
 There is no entry in the journal if you win a combat zone. So you have to add those manually. Select
 an objective for which you wish to log a combat zone. The faction in the objective, must be the
 faction you fought for in the combat zone. Then click "Add Combat Zone Win". Select type,