Online Voting Insights & Resources

An online vote can look deceptively simple. Send members a link. Let them choose an option. Close the ballot. Count the responses. For an informal poll, that may be enough. A formal election or member ballot is different. The organisation may need to establish who is eligible to vote, protect ballot secrecy, prevent duplicate voting, […]

Association Voting Services in Australia: How to Run Fair and Well-Managed Member Elections Running a member election sounds straightforward until an association has to do it properly. There may be hundreds or thousands of members on the register. Some members may be eligible to vote while others are not. Nominations need to be checked. The […]

Returning Officer Services in Australia: What Does a Returning Officer Do? An organisational election can look simple from the outside. Members nominate. Voting opens. Votes are counted. Someone wins. But anyone who has actually administered an election knows there is much more happening behind the scenes. Who is entitled to vote? Which candidates are eligible? […]

Strata Voting Software in Australia: What Should Owners Corporations Look For? Running a strata meeting can look simple on paper. Send the notice. Confirm who can vote. Put the motions to owners. Count the votes. Record the result. In practice, it can be considerably more complicated. Owners may attend remotely. Some may vote by proxy. […]

An election can look simple from the outside. Prepare the candidate list. Send out the ballot. Collect the votes. Count them. Announce the winner. That approach can work for a small, straightforward vote. But once an election involves hundreds or thousands of members, multiple candidates, preferential voting, proxies, different voting rights, remote participants or a […]

Member Ballot Services in Australia: How to Plan and Run a Successful Member Vote A member ballot can look simple from the outside. A question is sent to members. Members vote. The organisation counts the responses and announces the result. In practice, the difficult part usually happens before the first vote is cast. Who is […]

Owners Corporation Voting Software in Australia: How to Manage Motions, Proxies and Votes Strata voting can become complicated very quickly. A meeting might have dozens of owners, several motions, proxies, different voting entitlements and owners joining electronically. One motion might require a simple majority, while another needs a different voting calculation. Then there is the […]

Member Ballot Services in Australia: How to Plan and Run a Successful Member Vote A member ballot can look simple from the outside. Send out the question, collect the votes and announce the result. But anyone who has managed a vote for an association, club, union or not-for-profit knows there is more to it than […]

AGM Voting Services in Australia: How to Manage Voting at Your Next AGM An AGM can take weeks to prepare and only a few minutes to go wrong. The agenda may be finalised. Notices have gone out. Reports are ready. Candidates have been confirmed. Then the chair calls for the first vote and someone asks: […]

Online AGM Voting in Australia: How to Run a Meeting and Manage Votes Remotely Running an AGM online can remove a lot of practical barriers. Members do not have to travel to a venue. Shareholders in different cities can participate in the same meeting. Organisations can accommodate people who cannot attend in person. But moving […]