Simply Voting offers a simple and easy-to-use solution for collecting nominations ahead of an election: Nomination Elections . A nomination election consists of a nomination period during which electors can nominate any elector for one or more position(s

Adding Options Options are the candidates or options electors may select. There is no limit to the number of options. To add options to a question, navigate to the Questions page and click on the add options link in the

Creating Users To create a new user, click on the blue Create User button on the Users page. In the pop-up window that appears, specify a username , the user's full name , their phone number , their email address , their

To create a nomination election, from the Elections page, click on the blue Create New Election button. In the window that opens, enter an Election Name and define the nomination period’s Start Date , Start Time , End Date , and End

This section is only accessible to super users . Your Simply Voting account contains your invoice purchase history. To access your billing history, navigate to the Settings page and locate the Billing section. Once there, you will find a listing of

like electors to be redirected to upon logout. Test the integration. Our preference is for your organization to provide us with a set of test login credentials. Otherwise we can coordinate testing with your IT staff. Election Manager users can

To send an email to one or more specific elector(s) , navigate to the Email Blast section of the election. Reloading a previously scheduled template If you've already sent or scheduled a custom Email Blast in this election, you

The steps below are written from the point of view of a nominee . As part of a nomination election, you may have been nominated by your peers for one or more positions on the ballot. An email notification may have

Important Note: Super users, other users, and owner user Super users have access to all navigation menu pages and all subsections within those pages. Super users may contact Simply Voting for technical support or assistance. Other users (such as Full

Users may have varied reasons for why an election needs to be started or ended early. For instance, you may want to start an election early so electors do not have to wait until the previously specified date and time

In the context of a Nomination election, positions are added to the ballot in the form of Questions . You may also add one or more Comment Boxes , as well as Info Boxes , if desired. To add or manage questions, navigate

There can only be one owner user at any given time, and only the owner user can edit themselves or transfer account ownership to another user. Simply Voting staff may also confer with the owner user regarding any questions or

How do I upload or attach files to an election? From time to time, users may need to provide electors with supplemental .PDF files as part of the voting process. Documents may be related to say the text of a

Creating a Question In the Questions section you define the items or issues being voted upon. Questions represent individual topics on which your electors will vote. Click the Create New Question button to start the creation process. Create a Title

Once you have completed your election review and customizing the Voting Website , navigate to the Finalize section to complete a final check. You cannot Finalize your election until you pass all the final checks on the Election Checklist . If an

In order for your electors to receive information and voting credentials, you must Schedule an Email Blast . View your election and navigate to the Email Blast section. General Email Blast Functionality For more information about general Email Blast functionality, please

preferred option that is not yet elected or eliminated, and so on. If no option is elected or further winners are required, then the option with the fewest number of first preference votes shall be eliminated from the question. Should