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title: "Managing Electors with Weighted Voting"
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updated: 2024-09-30T16:43:11Z
published: 2024-09-30T16:43:11Z
canonical: "help.simplyvoting.com/managing-electors-weighted-voting"
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# Managing Electors with Weighted Voting

After you’ve created your **Election**, in the **Electors** section you can start adding eligible electors either **manually** one by one, or you can **import** electors in full by setting up and formatting a **.CSV** file with your elector data in it.

When weighted voting is enabled, you may specify a **vote weight** for each elector.

## Allowable Vote Weight Range

The **allowable range** from which you may specify an elector's vote weight is from **.000001 to 99999999.999999**.

**Invalid vote weights** include values that:

- have the value of 0 (zero)
- have no value specified (blank)
- are beyond the allowable bounds, before or after rounding *(e.g. .00000009 -- two more decimal places than allowed; .0000004 -- rounded down to zero)*
- include non-numeric characters *(e.g. 104a or 104! -- including an alpha or symbol character)*

          Automatic Weight Adjustments by the Voting System

          

1. By default the Voting System will attempt to round decimal values outside of the bounds of **.000001**, if this minimum value can be achieved. For example, a vote weight specified as *.0000006* (one more decimal place than allowed), will be rounded up to **.000001** using normal rounding rules. If normal rounding rules would cause the value to return *.000000*, then this is determined to be an invalid vote weight and the individual elector record is either ignored upon elector import or simply cannot be manually added or edited and saved to this value.
2. Additionally, values that exceed **99999999.999999**, such as *123456789*, are automatically set to this maximum allowed value.
3. Finally, **if during .CSV import you omit and do not map any column to vote weights**, the Voting System will automatically set each elector's weight to a default value of **1**.

## .CSV File Formatting

With a properly formatted **.CSV** file, using a common spreadsheet software, each **column** corresponds to a category of elector data, and each **row** corresponds to a unique, individual elector. The order of data in the file is not important. Additional columns may be needed if you have opted for other Premium Features, and other columns may also be ignored for import into the Voting System.

In the above example, each elector has a column of data (*e.g. "Ownership Weight"* ) corresponding to their vote weight.

## Importing an Elector .CSV File

Once you are ready to import your elector data into the election, navigate to the **Electors** section and click on the **Import Electors** button.

In the pop-up window that appears, **browse** and locate the desired **.CSV file**. If your first row contains column headers, leave the relevant box checkmarked. Click the **Import** button to begin the process.

Once you've started working with your .CSV file, the Voting System's importer will display the first few rows of your file for review. Now you must "map" the elector data in your file, to the available Voting System fields by using the **dropdowns** at the bottom of the pop-up window.

Map the corresponding data in your file as necessary, and **ignore** any irrelevant data not necessary for import. When ready, click the **Import** button to continue with the importing process.

          
          

If you receive an "**Invalid .CSV file**" pop-up, you may have attempted to import a spreadsheet in a different file format, which is prohibited.

A sample mapping might look like the example below.

Upon import completion, a green **Success Message** will appear with statistics regarding the recent import. If any **issues** are found, they will be displayed in the message.

          
          

If you anticipate needing to add, delete, or update electors en masse during an election’s voting period, please [contact support](/v1/docs/contacting-support) to discuss unlocking additional import operations.