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Categorized as: Product Development

Along with all the other options for managing an election, there is now a new link labeled Verify election results. Its use is explained fully at Election Verification and Certification, but not all certifications are created equally, and this should not be confused with a gimmicky, pseudo-certification that amounts to nothing more but a declaration that no compromising activity […]

Categorized as: Product Development

There has been a change to how ballots are stored within the Skypunch Technology system. While evolutionary with respect to how it came to be, this is truly revolutionary in what is now possible—that being immutable and cryptographically verifiable ballots available only from the leading innovator of election technology. If you’re familiar with blockchain, this […]

Categorized as: Product Development

There is nothing new about clients having the ability to retrieve their voter roster for an election at any point during or after an election. The roster takes the form of a compressed Excel spreadsheet with one of the following three filters applied: Clients may go to the Manage Voters area of their account and click a […]

Categorized as: Election Tips, Time Savers

Your association made the switch from paper to electronic years ago. Congratulations! That’s progress and you’re already spending less time and money than you once did. But it’s only the beginning and there is likely still further evolution to experience. Too regularly I see clients not taking full advantage of system features, or—if using another […]

Categorized as: Election Tips, Product Development

By default, candidate names display in a 2-column layout. This is good as it helps reduce the amount of scrolling a voter must do in order to view the candidates and also presents more candidate names in a single screen view. But election managers may override that default setting and display candidate names stacked vertically […]

Categorized as: Other

Election administration is the process of setting up the ballot; ensuring candidate biographical information, when applicable, is loaded into the system; associating a voter roster with the election; testing the setup to ensure everything works as expected; running the election; and retrieving the results at the end. The occasional prospective client will sometimes approach Skypunch to […]

Categorized as: Time Savers

Saving time. It’s one of the three Skypunch distinguishing characteristics. When it comes time to run an election, the Skypunch online voting system allows you to log in to your client account; click Set up a new election; and proceed through the 3-step election creation wizard to set up a ballot. The election management tools then permit adding, removing or otherwise […]

Categorized as: Product Development

Consider this. An individual working at an association is in charge of managing an election. That individual favors candidate A instead of candidate B. The individual checks the live election results while the election is underway and sees that candidate A needs a few more votes to win. The election manager informs candidate A of […]

Categorized as: Increase Voter Turnout, Product Development

Strong member engagement = higher voter participation. Leveraging the communities your organization has developed on LinkedIn, Facebook, or elsewhere, can be a great way to increase awareness of, and participation in, your next election. But Higher Logic, with its integration with ElectionsOnline, can be an especially useful tool to drive increased voter participation. An Example […]

Categorized as: Other

I received a phone call recently from a prospective client who said her association tried online voting the previous year using a system built by internal IT staff, but with their IT services now fully outsourced, and that IT staffer now a former employee, they no longer had access to that system and were shopping […]