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Categorized as: Election Tips

On a Board of Directors, it’s pretty common knowledge what the roles of President, Treasurer, Secretary and Director are. But occasionally something is voted on that requires a little explanation. This is almost always the case for things like referendums for changes to bylaws and the like. For these occasions, ElectionsOnline’s online voting software supports […]

Categorized as: Company News, Product Development

Skypunch and Association Technology Solutions (ATS) have established a business partnership aimed at offering an integration bridge between the Skypunch online voting system and the iMIS association management system (AMS). Offered by Advanced Solutions International (ASI), iMIS is one of the association industry’s most well established and widely used association management systems. Now, any organization […]

Categorized as: Company News, Product Development

The underlying database that supports any web-based service may seem like a rather ho-hum topic to write about. Usually, I would agree. Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle. Yup, I’m yawning just typing those names. But when the database happens to be Aurora, I light up. This is an exciting new service offered by Amazon […]

Categorized as: Election Tips

Host your election with Skypunch Technology and: These are all very good reasons to host your election on the Skypunch, but this post examines some very good reasons to integrate the service into your own web site using the API (Application Programming Interface). For those who aren’t aware, it is possible to set up an election […]

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: Company News, Other

On this Earth Day, what more appropriate topic but then to go into Skypunch’s involvement with 1% for the Planet? Since 2006 Skypunch has been a proud member of 1% for the Planet, but that membership is really just a conduit for a very special relationship that exists between Skypunch and the Ernie Nester Chapter […]

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 […]