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April 2nd, 2014 by David Simms

Categorized as: Election Tips

5 Advantages of Hybrid Elections

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 […]

March 5th, 2014 by David Simms

Categorized as: Election Tips, Increase Voter Turnout

How Long Should Elections Last

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 […]

January 3rd, 2014 by David Simms

Categorized as: Election Tips, Product Development

Accept Voter Comments on Ballot

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 […]

October 8th, 2013 by David Simms

Categorized as: Other

The Role of RFPs

Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are used by organizations to do as their name implies, and request a proposal from a vendor for goods or services. I’ve had extensive experience with them as a result of having more than eleven years experience providing election services combined with more than thirteen years experience working inside a non-profit […]

September 13th, 2013 by David Simms

Categorized as: Election Tips, Increase Voter Turnout

18 Tips to 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 […]

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