/// <summary>
/// Get the current value of a candidate term id if a vote is placed in an election.
/// </summary>
/// <returns> the current candidate term id within an election after voting or <seealso cref="Aeron#NULL_VALUE"/> if
/// no voting phase of an election is currently active. </returns>
public long CandidateTermId()
{
return(buffer.GetLongVolatile(MarkFileHeaderDecoder.CandidateTermIdEncodingOffset()));
}