How do I add a button and label to my frame? - jframe

Question

Ok basically my problem is I don't know how to get my buttons and my labels to appear in the frame that I just created. I tried using frame.add(new JButton("VOTE1")); but that doesn't work and it says it's missing an identifier. Here is my code so far, your help is much appreciated.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class VotingMachine extends JFrame implements ActionListener {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Voting Machine");
frame.setSize(400, 300);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
private JLabel Candidate1 = new JLabel("My Name");
private JLabel Candidate2 = new JLabel("Jennifer Lawrence");
private JLabel Candidate3 = new JLabel("Cristiano Ronaldo");
private JButton VOTE1 = new JButton("VOTE FOR Bishoy Morcos");
private JButton VOTE2 = new JButton("VOTE FOR Jennifer Lawrence");
private JButton VOTE3 = new JButton("VOTE FOR Cristiano Ronaldo");
int countcandidate1;
int countcandidate2;
int countcandidate3;
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
Object o = e.getSource();
if(o == VOTE1)
countcandidate1++;
else if(o == VOTE2)
countcandidate2++;
else if(o == VOTE3)
countcandidate3++;
}
}

Answer 1

First you need to create a JPanel
JPanel welcomePanel = new JPanel();
Then add the buttons and labels to that panel
welcomePanel.add(Candidate1);
welcomePanel.add(VOTE1);
ETC.... for all of your buttons and labels
Lastly, add that JPanel to your JFrame
frame.add(welcomePanel);
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