Electronic Voting for Churches and Religious Organizations

Electronic Voting for Churches and Religious Organizations

Automatically Recognize Simple Majority vs. 2/3 Majority Votes.

Instantly Pass/Fail Reports, Resolutions, Grants.

Speed Up Officer and Delegate Elections.

Designed with Feedback from U.S. and NH House of Representatives.

Used by Hundreds of Churches, Towns, Cities, Associations, Tribes and Other Small & Medium Government Bodies

“Utilizing Meridia voting systems was one of the best decision we have made. We were accustomed to voting by paper ballots which had its challenges both with time and anonymity. The electronic voting system cut down our voting time greatly, provided voters anonymity, and was very cost effective.”

-– Jason North, Seventh-Day Adventist Church Southwest Region

Seventh-Day Adventists Southwest Region Logo

Eastern District of the Lutheran Church, Episcopal Diocese of Philadelphia, Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, many conferences of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, and other religious organizations use wireless electronic voting system to streamline their elections, or voting on grants and financial reports.

Lutheran Church LWML Logo
Lutheran Church LWML Eastern District
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Episcopal Diocese Philadelphia Logo Seal
Episcopal Diocese Philadelphia
New England District Church of the Nazarene
New England District Church of the Nazarene
Moravian Church Northern Province Logo
Moravian Church Northern Province
Texas Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Texas Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Lutheran Church Eastern District Logo
Lutheran Church Eastern District
Churches of God - Eastern Regional Conference
Churches of God - Eastern Regional Conference
N.C. Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church Logo
N.C. Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church
South Central Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
South Central Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
South Atlantic Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
South Atlantic Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
NNE Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Northern New England Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Southwestern Union of Seventh-Day Adventists
Southwestern Union of Seventh-Day Adventists
St Paul Church Sacramento Logo
St Paul Church Sacramento
Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
North Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
North Pacific Union Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta Logo
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
Upper Columbia Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Upper Columbia Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Seventh-Day Adventists Church
General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Southern New England Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Southern New England Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Catholic Leadership Institute
Catholic Leadership Institute
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
Mt. Zion Baptist Church GA
Mt. Zion Baptist Church GA
North Carolina Assemblies of God
North Carolina Assemblies of God
Bakersfield First Assembly of God
Bakersfield First Assembly of God
St. Patrick Catholic Church
St. Patrick Catholic Church
Washington Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Washington Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Holy Trinity Church Archangel Gabriel Parish
Holy Trinity Church Archangel Gabriel Parish
Apostolic Assembly
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Jesus Christ
Arkansas-Louisiana Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Arkansas-Louisiana Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Global Methodist Church
Global Methodist Church
The Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine of North and South America and Its Jurisdictions, Inc. (AEAONMS)
The Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine of North and South America and Its Jurisdictions, Inc. (AEAONMS)
Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

“Our electronic voting went very smoothly, with fast and accurate results, and our delegates had no problems using the keypads. We were able to shave a full day off of our Synod schedule by using the Meridia voting system.”

-– Mark Santore, Moravian Church, Bethlehem, PA

Moravian Church Northern Province Logo

Anonymous or Identifiable

You decide if you want to see how each person voted, or if you need the vote to be completely anonymous. We can advise on the best way to do the keypad registration and distribution to ensure a smooth process.

Consolidate the two Aye/Nay votes into a single one and get an accurate vote count in seconds. After the vote is closed, instantly see whether it passed or failed, depending on your required majority rule.

Identified Voting - Instant Vote Pass Fail Summary
TownVOTE can provide a visual record of every individual's vote if needed. Results can be shown in real time, or after the vote is closed.
Anonymous Voting - No Grid Motion Passed
Show just the summary of the Motion, Subtotals and Totals and an instant Pass/Fail status after the vote is closed.

“The main factor was how quickly it was to get the results of each vote since it was done electronically. This was the first time doing it in that manner so instead of taking two full days going past 6pm, we were done in one day before 5.”

-– Daniel Chaves, N.C. Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church

N.C. Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church Logo

Churches of God Eastern Regional Conference Streamline their April Meeting With Electronic Voting.

Latest Events in Photos & Videos

These are just a few pictures of the latest events we did with our clients at their conferences.

Video of Voting at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church Conference in Killeen, TX

Seventh-Day Adventists of Texas Conference get together every four years to elect their leadership, and to vote on resolutions and amendments. In the video below, around 1,000 Adventists were voting in this year’s election for their president, vice president and treasurer.

“Today was an absolute dream! We had 30 nominees and had to pick 27 of them using the clickers. What normally takes hours on paper, took 45 minutes with the clickers!  We can’t thank you enough!”

-– Colleen Gross, Director of Pastoral Family Health, Churches of God

Churches of God - Eastern Regional Conference

Weighted & Proxy Voting

Weighted voting can be easily configured so that each delegate carrying proxies with them have the right amount of voting power at the time of the vote.

The TownVOTE system can connect in real time to a registration system and get the most up-to-date information about the delegate body just before the voting starts.

Weighted Vote Participant List

Prevent 'Herd Mentality'

Avoid having someone ‘steer’ the vote in one direction. Hiding the individual results and subtotals until the vote is closed.

Encourage honest and more complete vote by making the vote anonymous.

Instantly see whether the vote passed or failed taking your majority calculation into account.

Get a Quote Button
TownVOTE Anonymous Voting Grid - Votes Hidden
You can choose to only show that a keypad voted, but don't show who it is and how they voted. Click for a larger image.

Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Successfully Implements TownVOTE Software and Keypads During Their June 11th Meeting.

Many Ways to Connect

With Meridia electronic voting systems, you can use clickers,  mobile devices (any device with a web browser), or combine both in a hybrid session. You can run a live, real-time session, or schedule the voting and elections over a period of time and let everyone attend at their convenience.

Real-Time Meetings - In-Person. Virtual. Hybrid.

House of Representatives - Committee on Natural Resources Custom Response Keypad

Use clickers in an in-person, live meeting, or allow for a hybrid format with your constituents connecting from around the world via Zoom, Microsoft Teams or WebEx.

Face-to-face meetings are the best and the simplicity of the keypad cannot be beat. But if you must, you are able to invite your virtual attendees to participate in the session as well. They will log in via our CloudVOTE portal, securely authenticate and cast their ballot as if they were in the room with the rest of the group.

Scheduled. Self-Paced Voting & Elections.

CloudVOTE Self-Paced Voting & Election Survey

Sometimes you need to leave the voting open for longer period of time, so that everyone can have a chance to cast their ballot.

Our CloudVOTE system allows the voter to securely log in and answer the questions on the ballot at their own pace. Set up your ballot questions as a presentation, upload it to CloudVOTE, create a list of authorized participants and sit back until it’s time to collect the results.

How Does Self-Paced Voting and Elections Work?

Create Voting/Election Content

Create Voting Slideshow Content in PowerPoint

Create your content easily in PowerPoint. This way, you can get creative and make it informative and useful, but also beautiful.

For example, before a vote, you can show the slides of each of the candidate’s bio and their picture.

Download a sample template. You can customize it to fit your needs.

Start the Self-Paced Session and Leave it Open

Slide Review - Candidate Vote

Review the slides for spelling and interactive (voting) settings, such as number of answers and set up required and optional voting on each slide.

On election slides, you can create a vote for a single candidate, or multiple candidates. Set up whether the voter has UP TO x votes, or EXACTLY x votes and create conditional flow depending on what answer they choose on previous slides.

Voters Securely Log In and Vote

Participant Voting Slide

Voters securely log into your session, identifying the voting session they want to participate in and themselves (e.g. Name, Unit/County, Access Code).

They walk through the slide deck at their leisure, from their homes/offices and record their votes.

The data can be viewed anytime during and after the session is completed. It can be running for an hour, a day, or a few weeks or months.

Benefits of Electronic Voting Systems

Association Business Meeting Electronic Voting System
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    Gain and Retain Membership
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    Streamline Membership Elections
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    Real-time, Anonymous Polling
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    Analyze Industry Trends
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    Facilitate Group Decision-Making
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    Sponsorship Opportunity
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    Promote Interactive Discussion
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    Replace Paper Surveys
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    Gauge Content Relevance
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    Increase Event Interactivity

What's in the (Free) Software?

Our EZ-VOTE Connect Suite comes with multiple interactive audience response and feedback apps.

The PowerPoint plugin can enhance your presentation with interactive slides that measure the level of involvement, achieve fast consensus on important issues.

Three interactive team games can inject some fun into an otherwise serious business meeting, or allow you discover a competitive edge in your constituents.

CloudVOTE (included for 12 months. Optional, low-cost annual subscription after that) allows you connect the in-person meeting with virtual attendees whenever needed.

EZ-VOTE Connect Dashboard
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