University Voting & Elections

University Voting

Voting at universities can involve many groups, including students, faculty, and alumni. These votes encompass a range of decisions such as student government association elections and club votes.

During this process, both the student leadership and the staff are responsible for ensuring high standards so that their participation can continue.

Managing the Voting Process

Organizing the process of voting can be a challenge due to a segmented and geographically diverse voter base. It creates difficulties such as:

Updating addresses or organizing polling locations
Allocating time, people, and resources to facilitate manual voting
Voters belonging to specific categories with their own matters and candidates

Voter Segmentation Challenges

Besides elections for overall leadership, many positions will represent departments, campuses, and student groups. The voter base is often divided into groups based on year or academic status, with specific candidates or questions. This creates even more work such as:

Adding up results and ballots for each category
Organizing and separating ballot results by group
Making sure both paper and electronic work are integrated as a whole, instead of two disjointed tabulations

Analyzing Voting Outcomes

For the benefit of all leadership and students, it's crucial to be able to prove the integrity of the vote. We offer several reports to help you demonstrate the transparency and security of the voting process. These include:

Downloadable raw data and certified results reports
Auditability features and tracked administrator activity
IP restriction and administrator IP tracking
Ballot delivery and turnout verification

Our Approach

eBallot for Business will facilitate a secure, accessible, and auditable voting event. Our software addresses all of the challenges that arise with traditional voting.

Automatic ballot delivery - Our online voting solutions mean individual ballots to be delivered by email with secure access and tracked reception
Easier ballot access – Voters can be reached regardless of time and cast their ballot at their convenience
No manual counting - We instantly tabulate the results and report on the outcome of your election
Maintain confidentiality – Individual voter turnout can be monitored without the results of their vote being known
Paper & Digital Integration – We make both tabulations and ballot types match seamlessly