Online Voting Insights & Resources

How to Verify Voters in an Online Election An online election can make participation much easier. Members can vote from home, employees can participate remotely, and organisations can manage ballots without printing, posting and manually processing thousands of voting papers. But convenience creates a practical governance question: How do you know the person accessing the […]

What is secure ballot software? Secure ballot software is designed specifically to manage formal voting processes while protecting the people, information and decisions involved. Depending on the type of ballot, that can include controls for: Voter eligibility. Authentication. One-person-one-vote requirements. Voting entitlements. Ballot secrecy. Proxy voting. Administrator permissions. Encryption. Audit trails. Result calculation. Election reporting. […]

How to Manage Election Nominations in Australia An election can go wrong before anyone casts a vote. The problem is often not the ballot itself. It starts earlier, during nominations. If the nomination period is unclear, eligibility has not been checked properly, candidates have been given inconsistent information, or nominations close without a clear process […]

Running a board or director election sounds straightforward until the organisation has to manage nominations, eligibility, voting rules, multiple candidates and the final result. Paper ballots can work for a small organisation. But once voters are spread across different locations, the election becomes part of a virtual AGM, or administrators need a clear record of […]

For many Australian unions, voting is no longer just a matter of printing ballot papers and waiting for envelopes to come back. Members may be spread across different workplaces, cities and states. Some work shifts, some work remotely, and some may rarely visit a union office. Digital voting can make it easier for eligible members […]

Running a member election sounds simple You prepare the candidate list, send out ballot papers, collect votes and announce the result. But once an organisation has hundreds or thousands of members, the process can become difficult very quickly. Who is eligible to vote? Has everyone received the correct ballot? How do you prevent someone from […]

Online ballots are becoming part of modern organisational voting For many Australian organisations, running a ballot used to mean printing voting papers, sending envelopes, collecting completed forms and manually checking the results. That process can still be appropriate in some situations. But for organisations with members, employees, shareholders or other voters spread across different locations, […]

Paper ballot forms have been used for generations. They are familiar, easy to understand and can work well for a small vote. But once an organisation has hundreds or thousands of members, voters in different locations, several ballot questions, or a result that needs to be checked and reported quickly, paper voting can become difficult […]

Running an election online can be much easier than managing paper ballot papers, spreadsheets, emails and manual counting. But good election software is not simply a digital ballot box. For an election to be trusted, the system needs to do several things at once. It needs to make sure the right people can vote, prevent […]

AGM Quorum Requirements in Australia: A Practical Guide An AGM can be carefully planned, the agenda can be ready, the voting system can be tested — and then the meeting cannot properly proceed because there are not enough eligible members present. That is the practical significance of a quorum. A quorum is the minimum number […]