Online Voting Insights & Resources

A secret ballot sounds simple when it is on paper. A voter receives a ballot, marks their choices in private, folds it, and puts it into a ballot box. Later, the votes are counted and the result can be scrutinised without revealing who voted for whom. Online voting is more complicated. An organisation still needs […]

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 […]

Running a member vote sounds straightforward. Prepare the question, send it to members, collect the votes and announce the result. Anyone who has actually managed an AGM, committee election, constitutional resolution or large member ballot knows it rarely works that neatly. The difficult part is not simply collecting votes. It is making sure the right […]

An AGM might only last a few hours, but the decisions made during it can affect an organisation for months or even years. Directors may be elected. Resolutions may be approved. Members may decide on constitutional changes. Shareholders may vote on significant corporate matters. That makes the voting process more than an administrative exercise. It […]

Choosing an online voting provider isn’t just about features anymore. Security has become one of the biggest deciding factors for organisations running elections, AGMs, enterprise agreement ballots and member votes. Committee members, directors and company secretaries are asking tougher questions than they were even a few years ago. How is our voting data protected? Has […]

Choosing an online voting platform isn’t simply about finding software that counts votes accurately. It’s about trust. Members, shareholders, employees and regulators all expect election results to be secure, reliable and capable of standing up to scrutiny if challenged. That means organisations need confidence that their voting provider has robust security controls—not just promises on […]

When an election result is challenged, the first question usually isn’t who won? It’s “Can you prove the process was fair?” For organisations running AGMs, board elections, enterprise agreement ballots, committee votes or member elections, confidence doesn’t come from simply announcing a result. It comes from being able to demonstrate exactly how that result was […]

Trust is everything in an election. Whether you’re running an AGM, electing committee members, conducting an enterprise agreement vote or managing a ballot for thousands of members, participants need confidence that their information is protected and their vote remains secure. Most organisations focus on features such as voter authentication, accessibility or reporting. Those are important. […]

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 […]

When organisations evaluate an online voting platform, security is usually one of the first questions asked—and rightly so. Directors, company secretaries, strata managers, association executives and governance professionals are responsible for protecting member information, maintaining the integrity of elections and ensuring every vote is counted accurately. That’s where independent security assurance becomes important. You’ve probably […]