Cooperatives

Voting Software for Cooperatives

 

Run board of directors elections, annual meeting votes, and member referenda with one vote per member, separate ballots by district, and paper ballot options for members without reliable internet.

 

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Why Is Cooperative Voting Different?

 
eBallot is an online voting platform that cooperatives use to run board of directors elections, annual meeting votes, and member referenda, serving electric, agricultural, food, worker, and purchasing cooperatives. What distinguishes a cooperative election is its founding principle. Every member holds one vote regardless of how much business they do with the cooperative, which means the legitimacy of a result rests entirely on how many members were able to take part. That is more difficult than it sounds. Service territories often span several counties, bylaws set a quorum the annual meeting must reach before it can conduct any business at all, and a portion of the membership may have limited internet access.

The Challenges of Cooperative Election

 

The Problems that make a member vote harder than a standard election

 
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Weighted by Stake

Votes that reflect each partner's equity or units, not a flat headcount

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Supermajority Rules

meeting the thresholds your partnership agreement requires

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Confidential by Nature

Secret ballots on compensation, admissions, and exits

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Absent Partners

Let traveling partners vote or assign a proxy

How eBallot Solves It

Ballots That Count Toward Your Quorum

 eBallot addresses each of these challenges directly. Many cooperative bylaws count a member who casts a valid ballot as present, which means remote voting does more than add convenience. It helps you reach the threshold your annual meeting requires before it can conduct business.

  • One member, one vote, applied consistently across the full membership

  • Remote ballots that count toward quorum where your bylaws allow it

  • Paper ballots and mailed notices for members without reliable internet

  • Email and SMS reminders to reach members who are hard to contact

  • Separate ballots for each district or service territory, counted together

  • Live quorum tracking measured against the threshold in your bylaws

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What Cooperative Votes Can eBallot Run?

Board of Directors Elections

At large and district seats, including staggered terms.
Annual Meeting Votes

Business conducted before, during, or after the meeting.
District and Region Elections

Separate ballots for each service territory or zone.
Bylaw and Article Amendments

Threshold votes tracked to your governing documents.
Merger and Consolidation Votes

Decisions that require a documented member mandate.
Member Referenda

Policy questions put to the full membership.

How Secure Is Online Voting for a Cooperative?

 

  • SOC1 & SOC 2 certified; ISO 27001-aligned
  • End-to-end verifiability on every ballot
  • Single Sign-on and multi-factor authentication
  • Immutable audit logs and admin activity
  • AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3 in transit
  • 100% US-based AWS infrastructure, 99.9% uptime
  • Anonymous, secret-ballot architecture
  • Regular third-party penetration testing

 

4.8

Google Rating

 

 

25+

Years Running Elections

 

 

99.9%

platform uptime
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