MeetingVote - Overview

ElectionBuddy MeetingVote allows voters to vote in person, in a virtual meeting, or in a hybrid of both in-person and virtual, using their computer, tablet, or phone ElectionBuddy MeetingVote allows you to manage the voting within your meeting by: Presenting items to be voted on Allowin...

To run MeetingVotes, administrators must provide credentials for each voter to log into the voting process. There are two required credentials — an access key and a password. Below, we have outlined some recommendations and best practices to help guide you in creating them. Creating the...

Your first vote during a MeetingVote should be a registration or test motion. This can be held days leading up to your vote or may open as attendees arrive at your live or virtual meeting. This process establishes a quorum as well as identifies the members that will participate in the mee...

Building the first motion is the biggest step in your MeetingVote setup as this will be the basis for all the subsequent motions you create. Once you have created the first vote for your meeting, return to the Dashboard and duplicate the vote from the Actions menu. A window will appear...

Your Meeting Page is a central page from which voters access the various votes that are presented during a meeting. The Meeting Page can be branded with your logo and a custom Welcome message can be displayed. Voters will await the availability of each motion, amendment, or candidate posi...

You have prepared all of the motions for your MeetingVote and it is time for your live meeting! As discussed in our previous MeetingVote articles, we recommend starting your meeting by running a registration vote prior to your meeting, or a test motion at the beginning of the meeting to f...

ElectionBuddy provides organizations with the ability to seamlessly and efficiently handle voting on motions, agenda items, candidate positions, or any other question type during meetings. In ElectionBuddy, create a MeetingVote in advance for each known vote required during your meeting. Meeting...

ElectionBuddy's copy voter list feature allows you to easily copy a voter list from one vote to another or from one vote to multiple votes all at once. This feature is useful when new voters join mid-meeting, or voters leave the meeting, requiring you to update your voter list. Start by accessin...

Commonly, not every participant in a meeting can be there physically. When conducting a virtual meeting, you and the meeting participants use ElectionBuddy concurrently with your virtual conference provider (Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams to name a few).  Before the meeting, ElectionBud...

To conduct a virtual meeting with MeetingVote, you and your voters would use ElectionBuddy to vote concurrently with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or any videoconference provider. Currently, video conference integration is available for MeetingVote. Integrate a Video Conferencing Provider ...

Both remote and on-site votes can be run with ElectionBuddy. In both types of votes there are similar fundamental elements. Voters must receive a notice for the vote and credentials for voting Votes must be recorded Results must be tallied The outcome must be shared with voters The major differe...