valuelistvalidation oddness

    return _check_value('adms_distributiestatus', values)

def _check_value(name, value):

def _check_value(name, values):

    """

    Checks if a given value is present in the given valuelist.

    :param name: str, the name of the valuelist

    :param value: str, the value to check

    :param values: str, the value to check

    :return: str, the original value if it passes validation

    """

    valid_values = _read_file_as_json(name)

    if isinstance(value, list):

        for val in value:

    if isinstance(values, list):

        for val in values:

            if val not in valid_values:

                raise tk.Invalid('value [' + val + '] is not a valid ' + name)

            return value

            return values

    if value not in valid_values:

        raise tk.Invalid('value [' + value + '] is not a valid ' + name)

    if isinstance(values, basestring):

        if values not in valid_values:

            raise tk.Invalid('value [' + values + '] is not a valid ' + name)

    return value

    return values

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