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Its helpful that it sends emails to remind people.
I can't really give much specifics other than it's a well done service that provides reasonable election capabilities for a fair price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Lacking options, it would really benefit from more options to customize the formatting and design to fit more complicated or unique use cases.
It's definitely not bad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Very easy to set up the election. The software is very intuitive and made things much simpler on my end. It is great that I had many different options regarding starting time, ending time and other configurations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The only downside for my specific election was that I could not find a way to prevent the candidates from seeing the results before it was officially announced. I am pretty sure I may have missed this configuration option, but it was not something very intuitive for me. I wanted the results to be confidential until a meeting with all the parties. They knew the results before the official meeting, tho. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
While the learning curve can be a bit steep (it took me a bit to figure everything out), once you understand the system, it is a fantastic way to hold an election at a reasonable cost. We host an election each year for our nonprofit board of directors, and this has been the perfect platform for that purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It can take a minute to understand exactly how to set up an election and add voters. But the help pages were actually helpful and now that I know what I'm doing, it's an easy platform to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The design phase is integrated with the execution phases, which is excellent! The steps make it more clear what is designed in each stage. Going back to a previous step and changing things are beneficial! Some changes can be made even after the voting is scheduled or started. The platform is clear about possible ones and which ones aren't possible, which is excellent! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some actions in some steps are rather tedious. I discovered I had to click many things to complete one small step. I am not sure if reducing it is good because there may need to be a compromise, but it felt like it is possible to reduce the number of clicks with some thought without changing the functionality. Also, 15min seemed to be the smallest granularity for scheduling. If we wanted to start the voting during a meeting, we would have to wait for 15 minutes in the worst case! Many times that is too long a wait. We got around that by planning it as much as possible before the meeting, over email or messaging, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
ElectionBuddy works one step at a time in an orderly fashion to create an online election that can move back to previous actions for edits and corrections. ElectionBuddy allows you to test the online ballot to confirm it will perform as desired. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The financial costs for each online vote are a little unclear since it is tiered based on the number of voters and dependent on the security levels of the ballot. I would like to see comparative cost options pop up so I can easily decide which features to keep or eliminate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The system sends programmed reminders to those who haven't completed the survey. I like being able to choose when the reminder is sent. I like that it only goes to those who haven't compelted the survey. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
For me, it takes a bit to figure out what to do and how to do it. I can always figure it out on my own. No need to ask anyone. It does require playing with it a bit. I feel like it's designed for someone who uses it more often than me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's super easy to navigate and pretty self-explanatory. It's also at a low cost, so what's not to like? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It would be nice if more reminder emails could be sent out without additional charges, but aside from that, it's pretty perfect! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
That it was fairly easy to navigate while hosting your first online election. The auto postcards that were mailed directly to my voters, was also a great impactful reminder. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
That you can only have just a couple staff to log in for one account. I have to hire election judges that also need access to the election results to tally and make the election official. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The step by step creation of a poll/election makes the process very simple and efficient. Furthermore, the running of the election and the report of results are very efficient and clear too. Testing and revising an election was really easy too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There's not really anything negative that I have to say about it. I found that it worked really well and without any glitches. Voters had nothing but good things to say too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It makes elections process for a non-profit group very easy and it's very secure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Downloading voter list can be tricky. But overall good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I love Election Buddy because it is easy to use and quite intuitive. Election Buddy is also a great value for the price paid, especially compared to other election services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
There isn't much to dislike! I wish I could add more info and links to candidate information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
