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Voters & weighted voting

Import your electoral roll, fix an oversight while the vote is open, weight votes by shares: each voter then votes from their personal link, with no account to create.

By default — one person, one vote, and every voter receives their voting link by email when the vote opens.

01 · The electoral roll

Who can vote: a closed list, under your control.

Only the people on the electoral roll receive a voting link. You build it while in draft, by hand or from a file; it freezes when the vote opens.

Electoral roll and file import

What it does
Add voters one by one, or import a CSV, TSV or Excel file: one email address per voter, the name optional.
When to choose it
Always: it is the closed list of the people allowed to vote. Importing saves time from a few dozen voters up.
What it changes
While in draft, everything can change: add, correct, remove. After that, a registered voter can no longer be edited or removed. You need at least 2 to launch the vote.
In detail

One voter per line, columns in this order: email (required), name (optional), public_key (a voting key you import, optional) and weight (for a weighted vote). A first line naming the columns lets you put them in any order.

The separator is detected automatically, and a CSV or Excel template can be downloaded from the import window. Excel 97–2003 files (.xls) are not supported: save them as .xlsx or CSV first.

Before the import, a preview counts the voters and flags every problem line: missing or invalid email, duplicate, malformed weight. An address already on the roll is never imported twice.

The file is read in your browser: only the voter rows are sent to the platform, never the file itself.

Further reading

More than 20 voters

Official offer
What it does
A free election holds up to 20 voters. Beyond that, it falls under the Official offer, up to 100,000 voters per roll.
When to choose it
As soon as your electorate exceeds 20 people: a general assembly, a workforce, a federation.
What it changes
The cap applies at launch: while in draft, you can prepare a longer roll. The Official offer is paid in credits, one per registered voter.
In detail

On an election linked to an account, launching a roll of more than 20 voters makes it Official, after a warning and your confirmation. An election created without an account must first be linked to one, which holds the credits.

Credits are debited when the vote opens. Each voter costs one credit, whether they vote or not, and whatever their weight.

During the alpha, everything is free and unlimited.

Further reading

Additions during the vote

What it does
The vote is open and a voter is missing? You can still add them, one at a time or from a file. Editing or removing them afterwards will not be possible.
When to choose it
To fix an oversight or welcome a member who joined along the way.
What it changes
Each addition is final and explicitly confirmed; the voting link goes out at once. The public register lets anyone count the additions, never tell which ones.
In detail

For a single voter, a summary asks for your confirmation. For a file, the platform checks it first, then you confirm by typing the number of voters to add.

The register publishes the roll size at launch, then the full roll at the close: the difference gives the number of additions, without saying who.

On an Official election, each added voter costs one credit, debited at once. On a free election, the 20-voter cap still applies.

A voter added during the vote receives a voting key generated by the platform. Additions are not available in an election group, nor with mandatory key deposit: every voter must then be registered before the vote opens.

Further reading

02 · Weighted voting

When not every vote carries the same weight.

By default, every voter counts for one vote. Weighted voting gives each one a weight you set: co-ownership shares, a delegate’s mandates, voting rights laid down in the bylaws.

Example: two co-owners

  • Unit 12 1 ballot 400 shares
  • Unit 4 1 ballot 100 shares
Each votes only once. At tally, the ballot of unit 12 weighs four times as much as that of unit 4.

Weighted voting (shares)

Official offer
What it does
Each voter carries a whole-number weight of at least 1. They still cast a single ballot: the weight is applied at tally.
When to choose it
Condominiums, assemblies where voting rights are not equal, delegates holding several mandates.
What it changes
Each voter’s weight is published on the register, and anyone can still recount the result. The option and the weights are frozen at launch.
In detail

Turn the option on in the election settings while in draft, then give each voter their weight: on their line in the Voters tab, or in the weight column of the imported file.

Weights are whole numbers. If your shares have decimals, multiply them all by the same factor (10, 100…): the proportions, and therefore the result, stay the same.

Each voter sees their weight in the email carrying their voting link. The results show both the number of ballots and the total of weighted votes.

On an election linked to an account, turning the option on makes it Official, after a warning and your confirmation. The offer costs one credit per voter, whatever their weight.

Further reading

03 · Invitations and reminders

One personal link per voter, no account to create.

Voters sign up nowhere: when the vote opens, each one receives their personal voting link by email. You follow turnout and remind those who have not voted yet.

The voter's path

  1. The invitation email Sent when the vote opens, in the election's language.
  2. The personal link Opened with no account or password.
  3. The accepted ballot An email confirms it, and the link stops working.

The personal voting link

What it does
When the vote opens, the platform emails each voter, in the election’s language, with their personal voting link. They open it and vote, with no account or password.
When to choose it
Always: it is the voter’s only way in. You have nothing to send yourself.
What it changes
You see who has voted, never what they voted, unless you choose non-anonymous voting. Once the ballot is accepted, the link stops working.
In detail

The link is strictly personal: it identifies the voter and must not be shared. The voter can come back to it several times until their ballot is cast.

Once their vote is accepted, they receive a confirmation email, which says nothing about the content of their ballot.

If you open a key deposit period before the vote, each voter first receives a link to deposit their key, then their voting link when the vote opens.

Further reading

Reminders and link resend

What it does
During the vote, one button reminds every non-voter at once; another resends the link to a voter who has lost it.
When to choose it
A few days before the close, or as soon as a voter says they received nothing.
What it changes
Each reminder and each resend issues a new link: the old one stops working at once. Those who have already voted are never reminded.
In detail

The new email says so plainly: it replaces the previous one, whose link no longer works.

A voter’s email address can no longer be corrected once the vote is open: check it while in draft. The resend always goes to the registered address.

In an election group, each voter keeps one permanent link for the whole group: reminders send it again unchanged, without invalidating it.

Further reading

Frequently asked questions

How do I run a weighted vote by co-ownership shares?
Create the election, turn on weighted voting in its settings, then import the list of co-owners with a weight column holding their shares, as whole numbers. Each one votes once from their personal link, and the tally applies the weights. Weighted voting is part of the Official offer.
How do I import a list of voters from Excel?
In the Voters tab, choose “Import (CSV, TSV, Excel)” and drop an .xlsx or CSV file: one email address per line, the name optional. A template can be downloaded, and a preview flags problem lines before the import. An old .xls file must first be saved as .xlsx.
Do voters need to create an account to vote?
No. Each voter receives a personal voting link by email: they open it and vote, with no account or password. The link only lets them vote once: as soon as the ballot is accepted, it stops working.

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