Ballot
How to Build a Ballot
To start building your ballot, click on the “ballot” tab in your election dashboard. The first step to creating your ballot is to add your question(s). Click the green “add question&...
How to Export an Election's Ballot
To export an election’s ballot, follow the steps below: Click on “Ballot” on the election’s sidebar. Click on the “…” to the right of the page. In the dropd...
How to Allow Voters to Abstain from Voting for Multiple Choice Questions
There are two ways to allow voters to abstain from voting for multiple choice question types. Add an “Abstain” Option to the Question This is the easiest solution and requires adding an &l...
How to Allow Voters to Abstain from Voting for Ranked Choice (IRV) Questions
By default, voters cannot abstain from voting for Ranked Choice (IRV) question types. To allow voters to abstain, follow the steps below: Follow the steps on How to Edit a Ballot Question. In the que...
How to Add an Option to a Ballot Question
Ballot questions are comprised of “options.” Options are who/what voters are voting for, and can be thought of as a candidate/measure/etc. To add an option to a ballot question, follow the...
How to Clear All Options from a Ballot Question
To clear options from a ballot question, follow these steps: Click on “Ballot” on the election’s sidebar. Click on the “…” to the right of the question that you...
How to Clear an Election's Ballot
To delete all questions from an election’s ballot… Click on “Ballot” on the election’s sidebar. Click on the “…” to the right of the page. In the dr...
How to Delete an Option from a Ballot Question
To delete an option from any given question, follow the steps below: Click on “Ballot” on the election’s sidebar. Make sure the “Options” tab is selected for the questio...
How to Delete an Option from a Ballot Question
To delete an option from any given question on the ballot, follow the steps below: Click on “Ballot” on the election’s sidebar. Click on the “…” to the right of t...
How to Edit an Option of a Ballot Question
To edit the option of any given question, follow the steps below: Click on “Ballot” on the election’s sidebar. Make sure the “Options” tab is selected for the question t...
How to Reorder the Options on a Ballot Question
To reorder the options of any given question, follow the steps below: Click on “Ballot” on the election’s sidebar. Make sure the “Options” tab is selected for the questi...
Can the Ballot be Modified After an Election has been Launched?
To maintain the integrity of the election, a ballot cannot be modified after the election has been launched (see: Election States). The launch process consists of multiple steps where the election adm...
Attach Downloadable Files to Ballot Questions
Just like email, you can add attachments to your ballot questions. This allows you to provide voters with additional information/details about the election and what they’re voting for. How to Ad...
How to Edit a Ballot Question
While your election is in “Building” mode, you can edit the details for a given ballot question. Click on “Ballot” on the election sidebar Open the question action’s me...
How to Filter or Limit Ballot Questions by Voter
In some cases, you may have an election where certain ballot questions should only be available to a pre-determined group of voters. For example, let’s say we have 4 students of varying grade le...
Write-In Fields
When creating the ballot for your election, you can add write-in fields to a ballot question that allows voters to type in a response. This ballot option type is ideal for nomination elections, open e...
How to Bulk Add Ballot Question Options
When you create a new question for your ballot (or edit an existing one), you can provide a list of options to populate options list. You can still add your options one by one after creating your ques...
How to Import Option Photos
To import photos for your question options, you must first go through the process of importing your ballot. During this process you will need to provide values for the photo column. This value needs t...
How to Import the Ballot from a Spreadsheet
If you have a lot of questions/options to add to your ballot, then you may find it easier to import them from a spreadsheet. When importing your ballot, you first start with the questions and then you...
Ranked Choice Voting / Instant Runoff Voting
With Election Runner you can easily run Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) or otherwise known as Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) or Preferential Voting. Visit Wikipedia to learn more about how this type of voting...
How to Reorder Questions on the Ballot
To change the order that questions appear on the ballot, follow these steps: Click on “Ballot” on the election sidebar Find the question that you want to reorder and open the question act...