Please read these Terms of Service (collectively with Election Runner’s Privacy Policy [http://electionrunner.com/privacy-policy], the “Terms of Service”) fully and carefully before using http://electionrunner.com/ (the “Site”) and the services, features, content or applications offered by Eko Internet Marketing, LLC. (“we,” “us,” or “Eko Internet Marketing”, “Election Runner”) (collectively with the Site, the “Services”). These Terms of Service set forth the legally binding terms and conditions for your use of the Site and the Services.
Election Runner reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any of these Terms of Service, or change, suspend, or discontinue the Services (including without limitation, the availability of any feature, database, or content) at any time by posting a notice on the Site or by sending you notice through the Services or by e-mail. Election Runner may also impose limits on certain features of the Services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Services without notice or liability. It is your responsibility to check these Terms of Service periodically for changes. Your use of the Services following the posting of any changes to these Terms of Service constitutes acceptance of those changes.
You represent and warrant that you are at least 13 years of age. If you are under age 13, you may not, under any circumstances, use the Services. Election Runner may, in its sole discretion, refuse to offer the Services to any person or entity and change its eligibility criteria at any time. You are solely responsible for ensuring that these Terms of Service are in compliance with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to you and the right to access the Services is revoked where these Terms of Service or use of the Services is prohibited or to the extent offering, sale or provision of the Services conflicts with any applicable law, rule or regulation. Further, the Services are offered only for your use, and not for the use or benefit of any third party.
While some features of the Service are available to unregistered users, for broader access to the Services you must register with Election Runner (creating an “Account”). In order to register, you must provide an accurate e-mail address and select a organization name. You are responsible for updating the accuracy of the e-mail address that you provide to Election Runner to be associated with your Account. Regarding organization names, you shall not (1) select or use, as your username, the name of another person with the intent to impersonate that person; (2) select or use, as your organization nae, a name subject to any rights of a person or entity other than you without appropriate authorization or (3) select or use, as your organization name, a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene or (4) select or use multiple accounts for the same organization with intent to abuse the promotional free voters. (5) create or launch multiple elections with direct or indirect intent to abuse the generous free voter promotion.
You are solely responsible for the activity that occurs on your Account, and for keeping your Account secure. You are not permitted to use another Account without permission. You must notify us immediately of any breach of security or other unauthorized use of your Account. You should never publish, distribute or post login information for your Account.
The Services allow you to either (i) create an election or (ii) or vote in an election as defined by the user that created the election.
For purposes of these Terms of Service, the term “Content” includes, without limitation, election, ballot, candidates, voters, design, candidate photos, election results, videos, audio clips, written posts and comments, information, data, text, photographs, software, scripts, graphics, and interactive features generated, provided, or otherwise made accessible on or through the Services.
All Content added, created, uploaded, submitted, distributed, or posted to the Services by users, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted (collectively “User Content”), is the sole responsibility of the user who originated it. You acknowledge that all Content accessed by you using the Services is at your own risk and you will be solely responsible for any damage or loss to you or any other party resulting therefrom. When you delete your User Content, it will be removed from the Services.
The Services contain Content specifically provided by Election Runner or its partners and such Content is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights and laws. You shall abide by and maintain all copyright notices, information, and restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Services.
Subject to these Terms of Service, Election Runner grants each user of the Services a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable and non-transferable license to use the Content, solely for personal, non-commercial use as part of using the Services. Use, reproduction, modification, distribution or storage of any Content for other than personal, non-commercial use is expressly prohibited without prior written permission from Election Runner, or from the copyright holder identified in such Content’s copyright notice. If you would like to use the Services for commercial purposes, consider purchasing a license for our Election Runner Enterprise services, or contact us regarding other types of uses.
By submitting User Content through the Services, you hereby do and shall grant Election Runner a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, sublicensable and transferable license to use, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, and otherwise fully exploit the User Content in connection with the Site, the Services and Election Runner’s (and its successors and assigns’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Site (and derivative works thereof) or the Services in any media formats and through any media channels (including, without limitation, third party websites and feeds).
You also hereby do and shall grant each user of the Site and/or the Services a non-exclusive license to access your User Content through the Site and the Services, and to use, edit, modify, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and perform such User Content.
You represent and warrant that you have all rights to grant such licenses without infringement or violation of any third party rights, including without limitation, any privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other intellectual property or proprietary rights.
Election Runner does not guarantee that any Content will be made available on the Site or through the Services. Further, Election Runner has no obligation to monitor the Site or the Services. However, Election Runner reserves the right to (i) remove, edit or modify any Content in its sole discretion, at any time, without notice to you and for any reason (including, but not limited to, upon receipt of claims or allegations from third parties or authorities relating to such Content or if Election Runner is concerned that you may have violated these Terms of Service), or for no reason at all and (ii) remove or block any Content from the Services.
Election Runner's election builder and voting platform require Javascript to be enabled. Election Runner also utilizes "local storage" available in all major browsers to store information relevant to the election builder and voting platform. At this time we support the following browsers: Internet Explorer 10+, Safari 9+, Firefox 45+, Chrome 45+, iOS Safari 9+, Android Browser 4.4+, Opera 36+. Election Runner does not guarantee the website will function correctly in any browser or on any specific device.
Election Runner may terminate your access to all or any part of the Services at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately, which may result in the forfeiture and destruction of all information associated with your Account. If you wish to terminate your Account, you may do so by following the instructions on the Site. All provisions of these Terms of Service which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
Election Runner has no special relationship with or fiduciary duty to you. You acknowledge that Election Runner has no control over, and no duty to take any action regarding:
You shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Election Runner, its affiliates and each of their respective employees, contractors, directors, suppliers and representatives from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that arise from or relate to your use or misuse of, or access to, the Site, Services, Content, or which otherwise arise from your User Content, violation of these Terms of Service, or infringement by you, or any third party using your Account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. Election Runner reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will assist and cooperate with Election Runner in asserting any available defenses.
IN NO EVENT SHALL ELECTION RUNNER, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, PARTNERS, SUPPLIERS, REPRESENTATIVES OR CONTENT PROVIDERS, BE LIABLE UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, NEGLIGENCE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICES (I) FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, DATA LOSS, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES (HOWEVER ARISING); OR (II) FOR ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE (REGARDLESS OF THE SOURCE OF ORIGINATION). NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SUCH LIABILITY EXCEED ANY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100.00) IN THE AGGREGATE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, including its conflicts of law rules, and the United States of America. You agree that any dispute arising from or relating to the subject matter of these Terms of Service shall be governed by the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts of Tarrant County, Texas.
These Terms of Service are the entire agreement between you and Election Runner with respect to the Services and use of the Site, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals (whether oral, written or electronic) between you and Election Runner with respect to the Site. If any provision of these Terms of Service is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms of Service will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
Election Runner shall not be liable for any failure to perform its obligations hereunder where such failure results from any cause beyond Election Runner’s reasonable control, including, without limitation, mechanical, electronic or communications failure or degradation.
These Terms of Service are personal to you, and are not assignable, transferable or sublicensable by you except with Election Runner’s prior written consent. Election Runner may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights and obligations hereunder without consent.
No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment relationship is created as a result of these Terms of Service and neither party has any authority of any kind to bind the other in any respect.
Unless otherwise specified in these Term of Service, all notices under these Terms of Service will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when received, if personally delivered or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; when receipt is electronically confirmed, if transmitted by facsimile or e-mail; or the day after it is sent, if sent for next day delivery by recognized overnight delivery service.
The failure of Election Runner to enforce any part of these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of its right to later enforce that or any other part of these Terms of Service. Waiver of compliance in any particular instance, does not mean that we will do so in the future. In order for any waiver of compliance with these Terms of Service to be binding, Election Runner must provide you with written notice of such waiver, provided by one of its authorized representatives.
The section and paragraph headings in these Terms of Service are for convenience only and shall not affect their interpretation.
Election Runner accepts the following payment methods: Credit Card (American Express, Visa, Mastercard, Discover), Check, and Purchase Orders.
Election Runner accepts checks as payment for elections and/or annual subscription plans. To pay with a check, please contact us by email (support@electionrunner.com) and inform us of your intention to pay by check. When the check is received, a coupon code will be issued to cover the exact amount of the check. If the cost of the election or subscription is greater than the value of the check, you will be responsible for the remaining balance. Election Runner reserves the right to refuse payment by check under any circumstances.
Election Runner accepts Purchase Orders from verified K-12 Schools, Universities & colleges. To pay with a purchase order, please contact us by email (support@electionrunner.com) and inform us of your intention to pay with a purchase order. When the request is received and validated by Election Runner, an invoice will be generated and provided to you. By continuing to use Election Runner services, you agree that the issuing institution has approved the purchase order and are entering into an agreement that the amount due will be paid in full. You agree that you are an employee, contractor, and/or valid representative of the issuing organization and have implied or direct consent to pay for services and/or products with a purchase order. Payment is due within 30 days of subscribing and/or launching an election. A monthly service fee of 15%, or the maximum allowed by law, is payable on on all overdue balances.
No refunds. You may cancel your Election Runner paid subscription at any time but you won't be issued a refund unless it's legally required. All sales are final.
Election Runner may offer products and services (i.e. "Add-ons" or "Add-on") that can be added to an election or subscription. These Add-ons cannot be transferred to another election or account unless otherwise stated. No refunds will be given for any unused Add-ons. By selecting an Add-on product or service, you agree that you fully understand how to use the Add-on and any and all limitations of the Add-on.
Election Runner allows for an organization to run elections with 20 or less voters for free. This promotion is subject to change, and only allows an organization to run a maximum of 5 free elections at the same time in a given 5 day period. Election Runner reserves the right to terminate accounts and elections, without notice, if it determines that an organization or individual is abusing the free voter promotion or any other promotions. All promotions are subject to change.
You may contact Election Runner: by mail 1301 E. Debbie Ln. Suite #102 #208, Mansfield, TX 76063; by e-mail at support@electionrunner.com.
Effective Date of Terms of Service: September 14th, 2018.
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