Online Voting Insights & Resources

For many companies limited by guarantee, member voting is still managed through a mixture of paper forms, email responses, spreadsheets, proxy forms and votes taken during an AGM. That approach can work when membership is small and everyone is in the same room. It becomes considerably harder when members are spread across Australia, attending remotely, […]

Boards and committees are increasingly responsible for making decisions about technology providers that manage sensitive organisational information. For many associations, unions, not-for-profits, companies, and member-based organisations, this includes systems that handle: Member databases Shareholder information Election results Proxy appointments Confidential ballots Governance records The question boards are now asking is simple: How do we know […]

Voting used to mean paper forms, ballot boxes, envelopes and someone spending hours counting the results. That process still has its place. But for organisations with members, shareholders, employees or voters spread across different locations, a digital ballot system can make the process considerably easier to manage. A digital ballot system allows eligible voters to […]

Online voting is now a practical option for many Australian organisations. Members can vote from home, employees can participate across multiple worksites, shareholders can join meetings remotely, and associations can run elections without relying entirely on paper ballots. But there is a common misconception about online voting in Australia. There is no single Australian law […]

An enterprise agreement vote can look like the simplest part of the bargaining process. The negotiations are finished. The document has been drafted. The parties have reached a position they can live with. Now employees just need to vote. That final step is where organisations can still run into trouble. Under the Fair Work Act […]

For decades, paper ballots have been the safe, familiar choice for organisations running elections, AGMs, committee elections and member ballots. There is a reason for that. A paper ballot is easy to understand. Voters mark a form, place it in a box or return it by post, and the votes are counted. But paper becomes […]

Choosing an online voting provider can look like a straightforward technology decision. It isn’t. When an organisation puts an AGM, board election, member ballot, employee vote or important resolution online, the software becomes part of the governance process itself. If the system gets voter eligibility wrong, mishandles a proxy, exposes a secret ballot or cannot […]

When an enterprise agreement reaches the voting stage, the ballot itself can look like the easy part. The difficult work has usually already happened: months of bargaining, drafting, consultation, negotiation and review. But that does not mean the vote can simply be treated as an administrative tick-box. For Australian employers, the voting process needs to […]

For many not-for-profit organisations, elections are still managed with a combination of paper forms, email, spreadsheets and voting at an annual general meeting. That can work when an organisation has a small, local membership. But once members are spread across different cities, states or countries, the process becomes harder to manage — and much harder […]

For a union, an election is more than a ballot. It is one of the clearest tests of whether members believe their organisation is genuinely democratic. If members are unsure who was entitled to vote, whether their vote was counted correctly, or whether the ballot was properly overseen, confidence can disappear quickly. That is why […]