Online Voting Insights & Resources

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 […]

Club elections are rarely the part of an AGM that people look forward to. For a small sporting club, it might mean passing around paper ballots while someone checks the membership list. For a larger community organisation, there may be hundreds or thousands of eligible members, multiple positions to fill, nominations to verify and a […]

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 […]

An association election may look simple from the outside. Members nominate. Candidates are confirmed. Eligible members receive their ballot. Votes are cast and counted. The result is declared. Yet anyone who has actually managed an association election knows that the difficult part is rarely the button members press to vote. The real work happens around […]

Running an association election should not come down to sending a spreadsheet around, manually checking who is eligible to vote, and hoping the final count survives scrutiny. For a small association, a basic process may be manageable. But once you have hundreds or thousands of members, multiple candidate positions, preferential voting, proxies, different classes of […]

Trust is difficult to earn and remarkably easy to lose. When members vote in an AGM, employees vote on an enterprise agreement, or shareholders decide the future direction of a company, the result needs to be beyond question. If someone asks, “Can you prove the outcome was accurate?”, there should be a clear answer backed […]

Why SOC 2 Type II Compliance Is Critical for Online Voting Platforms When members cast a vote in an AGM, board election, workplace ballot, union election, or association poll, they are trusting the organisation running that election with something extremely valuable: their voice. Behind every online vote sits a significant amount of sensitive information. Voter […]

After years helping committees run elections and member votes, I’ve seen both sides of the ballot box. Some organisations still swear by stacks of paper and manual counts. Others have switched to electronic systems and wonder how they ever managed without them. Neither approach is perfect, but understanding the real differences helps you choose what […]

Running elections or member ballots for boards, strata schemes, unions, associations, or not-for-profits has changed. More committees and company secretaries are turning to online options to reach dispersed members and boost participation. But one question always comes up: how do you know it’s secure? I’ve spent years supporting organisations through AGMs, board elections, and governance […]

After years of helping committees run elections and AGMs, one thing stands out: the biggest headaches usually come down to what the governing document actually says—or doesn’t say—about technology. Electronic voting and hybrid meetings have become standard for many organisations, but they don’t automatically work unless your constitution, rules, or by-laws support them properly. Getting […]