Categorized as: Company News, Election Tips
A new statute in the state of Florida (effective July 1, 2015) permits homeowner associations to elect their leadership using an online voting system—something that had not previously been permissible. ElectionsOnline’s Evote has been used by HOAs in other states for several years and is happy to finally welcome Florida to the party. As evidenced […]
Categorized as: Election Tips
I’ve seen cases where the individual overseeing an election is also a candidate in the election. While this might seem like an obviously bad approach, it does happen, and because it happens, it raises the question of who should have oversight of an organization’s election process. I don’t consider there to be a one-size-fits-all approach. […]
Categorized as: Election Tips
Disregard for the moment the controversy that swelled when the Federal Highway Administration mandated last year that all road signs need to begin using mixed case street names instead of all caps and you find there’s actually a very well-founded logic for the mandate. Election administrators would be well advised to appreciate and follow that […]
Categorized as: Election Tips
Despite all the evolution over the last ten years by organizations ditching their antiquated paper-based election processes in favor of much more efficient and cost-effective web-based elections, there are still many occasions where an organization mails out paper ballot packages to a great many, if not all, its voters. If you must, you must, but […]
Categorized as: Election Tips, Increase Voter Turnout
The United States of America is capable of electing a new President in less than twenty-four hours. Why then should it take upwards of four weeks to elect the President of a private organization? The answer is, it shouldn’t, and conducting an election with a four-week voting period is a holdover from the antiquated paper-based process […]
Categorized as: Election Tips, Product Development
The Skypunch online voting system now supports the ability for voters to provide free-text comments with their ballot. While this has no impact on election results, it does permit an organization to glean deeper insight into the mood of its electorate and understand why they voted, how they voted. Comment fields, which are disabled by […]
Categorized as: Election Tips, Increase Voter Turnout
The first five are things Skypunch clients don’t have to take any action to enjoy as they’ve already been done for you. Tips 6 through 18 however get into some things you can do from your end to ensure happy, participating voters. It is almost unheard of that an Skypunch client reports a downturn in […]
