eBallot Essential - How It Works

Build Your Ballot

Write targeted questions
Decide when voting starts and closes
Tailor the ballot to your needs

Scheduling Options

Set your ballots to open and close at a preferred time.

Choice Shuffling

Randomize the presentation of choices or candidates.

Filters

Restrict individual voters from accessing certain ballots or questions.

Vote Confirmation

Formalize the voting process by giving voters proof of their vote.

Anonymous Voting

Choose whether or not you're allowed to see how your voters voted.

Weighted Voting

Assign certain voters more influence than others.

Website Redirects

Send your voters back to your website after they vote.

Simple Interface

Manage your vote quickly and easily from one central dashboard.

Sub Administrators

Give additional users access to your account.

Spread the Word

Send personalized emails that encourage your voters to participate, right from the platform.

Test Mode

Preview and test your ballot with your team before it goes live.

Notification Scheduling

Send informative emails out to your voters at a specified date and time.

Merge Fields

Create unique, personalized emails for all of your voters.

Voter List Upload Tool

Upload all eligible voters to your account quickly and easily.

Voters Make Their Selections

With one click, your voters are logged in securely and able to cast their vote.

Step 1: Login

Voters receive your notifications and login to the voting portal.

Step 2: Cast Vote

They make their selections - based on how you set things up.

Step 3: Confirmation

They get a receipt confirming their vote was cast successfully.

Analyze the Results

See your results in real-time. Make meaningful decisions based on how things played out.

Voter Activity Data

Track individual voters who have or have not voted.

Real-time Analytics

See your results starting the moment votes are cast.

Voter Statistics

View overall turnout by date and time.

Pro

Select Plan

Great for running simple & secure ballots.

Self-service ballot management Build your ballot, notify your voters, and get real-time results - all from one platform
Closed voting platform Eliminate the possibility of someone voting twice
Unlimited ballots There's no limit to the amount of individual or simultaneous ballots you can run
Mobile device friendly Voters cast their votes from their smartphone, computer, or tablet
Centralized voter management
Everything you need to build, run, and manage your votes
Ballot testing capabilities Preview and test your ballot before it goes live
Voter email notifications Spread the word about your vote with our built-in email platform
Write-ins and comments Allow voters to write-in their choices or make comments on their selections
Nominations Run a preliminary vote, prior to your main events
Candidate profiles Showcase headshots, resumes, bios, and more
Anonymous voting options Make voter selections anonymous, while retaining vote integrity
Ranked choice question options Allow voters to rank multiple selections, in order of their preference
Voter activity reports View who voted, when they did, and what they voted on
Multi-language support We robustly support English, Spanish, and French languages
Exportable results via PDF Share the results of your votes outside of the platform
Self-guided resources We provide all the resources you need to manage successful voting events
Email support Have a question? Email help@eballot.com and our team will respond within 24 hours
Weighted voting Give certain voters more influence over voting outcomes.
Question filtering Restrict certain voters to certain questions.
Sub-administrator access Add additional users to your account.

Select Plan

Premium

Select Plan

Great for running simple & secure ballots.

Self-service ballot management Build your ballot, notify your voters, and get real-time results - all from one platform
Closed voting platform Eliminate the possibility of someone voting twice
Unlimited ballots There's no limit to the amount of individual or simultaneous ballots you can run
Mobile device friendly Voters cast their votes from their smartphone, computer, or tablet
Centralized voter management
Everything you need to build, run, and manage your votes
Ballot testing capabilities Preview and test your ballot before it goes live
Voter email notifications Spread the word about your vote with our built-in email platform
Write-ins and comments Allow voters to write-in their choices or make comments on their selections
Nominations Run a preliminary vote, prior to your main events
Candidate profiles Showcase headshots, resumes, bios, and more
Anonymous voting options Make voter selections anonymous, while retaining vote integrity
Ranked choice question options Allow voters to rank multiple selections, in order of their preference
Voter activity reports View who voted, when they did, and what they voted on
Multi-language support We robustly support English, Spanish, and French languages
Exportable results via PDF Share the results of your votes outside of the platform
Self-guided resources We provide all the resources you need to manage successful voting events
Email support Have a question? Email help@eballot.com and our team will respond within 24 hours
Weighted voting Give certain voters more influence over voting outcomes.
Question filtering Restrict certain voters to certain questions.
Sub-administrator access Add additional users to your account.

Select Plan

FAQs

Is eBallot Essential the right fit for me?
It may be!

You’ll likely benefit from eBallot Essential if:
- You have less than 5,000 people in your group
- Someone in the group has the capacity to build and promote your votes
- You can see your group using this for more than a couple of votes per year
- You’re okay with learning how to build and manage votes on your own (be sure to have a look at the “what kind of support can I expect” section)
If you still have questions, let us know about your vote. We’re happy to confirm that eBallot Essential is indeed a good fit. If it’s not, we’ll share our thoughts on your best next steps.
How do you prevent people from voting multiple times?

This gets to the heart of why eBallot was created.

Most survey and polling tools can't protect against logins from different IP addresses or from private browser windows.

We prevent people from double voting by assigning a unique ID and one time use access code to each of your voters, prior to running your ballots.

A perk of this is that it allows you to see exactly who has and hasn't voted at any given time, as well as how they voted (if you enable that information).
How many ballots can I run per month?
What kind of support can I expect?
eBallot Essential allows you to run an unlimited number of secure, digital ballots among your group for an extremely competitive monthly price.

Here’s what you’ll get access to upon sign up:
- Our Getting Started Guide that shows you each and every step to running successful votes and elections
- A robust knowledge base with answers to all common questions
- Our US-based support team, who will respond by email within 24 hours
In order to maintain this price point, we are unable to offer instant, on-demand support. However, we’ve found this balance of cost vs. support level works very well for most people.

Still, we realize you may want or need more hands-on support. If so, we encourage you to reach out before subscribing and we’ll be able to make some recommendations that we think will work best for you.
We only have one vote per year. Can I pay per vote?
eBallot Essential works best for groups that run at least a few votes every year among the same people.

The number of ballots you can create are truly unlimited, so the more you run, the better a deal the software becomes. So, once you get your account set up, you might as well try using it for more ballots than you had initially intended.

Do you regularly engage in these voting-related events?
- Electing leadership
- Voting to accept new members
- Making updates to your rules or bylaws
- Approving budgets
- Creating mission statements
- Collecting feedback
If so, we guarantee you’ll get your money’s worth from eBallot Essential and then some.

If you really can’t see your group voting on more than one thing, eBallot Essential probably isn't the right fit. Contact us and we’ll give you the best options for your one-off vote.

How it Works

Build Your Ballot

Ballot Setup Features

Scheduling Options

Choice Shuffling

Filters

Vote Confirmation

Anonymous Voting

Weighted Voting

Website Redirects

Simple Interface

Sub Administrators

Spread the Word

Voter Notification Features

Test Mode

Notification Scheduling

Merge Fields

Voter List Upload Tool

Voters Make Their Selections

Step 1: Login

Step 2: Cast Vote

Step 3: Confirmation

Analyze the Results

Voter Activity Data

Real-time Analytics

Voter Statistics

Pricing

Enter number of voters

Pro

Great for running simple & secure ballots.

Premium

Great for running simple & secure ballots.

FAQs

Is eBallot Essential the right fit for me?

How do you prevent people from voting multiple times?

How many ballots can I run per month?

What kind of support can I expect?

We only have one vote per year. Can I pay per vote?

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