{"id":42096,"date":"2017-11-02T23:31:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T22:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.polyas.de\/ct_content_page_2\/voting-procedure-4"},"modified":"2024-06-24T12:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T10:59:24","slug":"voting-procedure-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/professional-associations\/board-elections\/voting-procedure","title":{"rendered":"Board Voting Procedure in Professional Associations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-2h0g7x4-de4ae1467e542757120a2c90fb2718d7 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1aizrzs-2446619a24f0bc4828db823fa3b723e1\">\n.avia-image-container.av-1aizrzs-2446619a24f0bc4828db823fa3b723e1 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-1aizrzs-2446619a24f0bc4828db823fa3b723e1 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-1aizrzs-2446619a24f0bc4828db823fa3b723e1 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image- avia-img-lazy-loading-not- avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2379-Professional-Association-Election-Procedure.jpg\" alt='' title=''   itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltsofnzg-e00b2b2a0be9be2e3c09c71bd36eb6b0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>Board Voting Procedure in Professional Associations<\/h1>\n<p>Electing your <a href=\"\/professional-associations\/board-elections\/board\">board of directors<\/a> is a\u00a0task that must be carried out with the utmost care. It is no secret that planning a board election can be a challenge, especially as the deadline draws near. From the planning stages and updating the <a href=\"\/professional-associations\/board-elections\/electoral-roll\">electoral roll<\/a> and sending out <a href=\"\/professional-associations\/ballot-papers\/templates\">ballot papers<\/a>, there are considerable costs and a significant amount of work to be done.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here we go over the core aspects of a board of directors election in a <a href=\"\/professional-associations\/board-elections\">professional association<\/a> and how switching to online voting can save you money and effort.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltymfqmc-a7e66dfd12d3c3a0f73a2f3629a0358f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Common Election procedures<\/h2>\n<p>The precise election process within your professional association will depend entirely on the guidelines established within your <a href=\"\/professional-associations\/board-elections\/bylaws\">bylaws<\/a>. There are however common features that all <a href=\"\/professional-associations\">professional associations<\/a> share. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regular elections\n<ul>\n<li>While term lengths may be staggered, meaning yearly elections all professional associations are required to have their\u00a0board of directors directly elected from the membership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>One Member, One Vote\n<ul>\n<li>Regardless of who the member or how much they have contributed to their field, they will receive just one vote. This ensures that all member have an equal say in <a href=\"\/professional-associations\/amend-bylaws\">amending bylaws<\/a> and in particular <a href=\"\/professional-associations\/board-elections\/directors\">voting in new board members<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>One Candidate, One Vote\n<ul>\n<li>If there are three positions on the board of directors that are up for election, each member will receive\u00a0one vote <strong>per<\/strong> <strong>candidate<\/strong>, meaning that they can vote for multiple positions. Alternatively, three separate ballot papers will be shown to the voter and they will have one vote <strong>per ballot<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This depends largely on if candidates are applying for a general directorship role, or for a specific position such as president or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/security\/secrecy-of-the-ballot\">treasurer<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Majority Voting\n<ul>\n<li>Professional associations all use <a href=\"\/election-glossary\/majority-vote\">majority voting<\/a>, meaning that the candidate who wins the most votes, wins the position.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltymg7xp-b78053bb5458bc6df78350d079a20a72 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Planning your Board of Directors Election<\/h2>\n<p>There are a few steps that every election manager should be aware of before they embark on trying to manage a \u200b\u200b<a href=\"\/professional-associations\/board-elections\/process\">board of directors election<\/a> for an entire professional association. While elections are regular, the board itself often delegates tasks to ensure a successful election. This means that when a board member is up for election or has completed their term limit, the board must choose another member to oversee the election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Determine which positions are open<\/li>\n<li>Collect prospective candidates and approve them to become candidates<\/li>\n<li>Announce the election<\/li>\n<li>Update the electoral roll<\/li>\n<li>Create Ballot papers &#038; send out test elections (if online)<\/li>\n<li>Open the election period<\/li>\n<li>Count the ballots &#038; announce the results<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Based on the idea of simplifying complex processes with digitalization, we have a\u00a0full list of <a href=\"\/features-and-services\">services and features<\/a> to help you manage your next board of directors election.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ltzjiloq-ca07d89252e665da6549c35602240f27\">\n.av_promobox.av-ltzjiloq-ca07d89252e665da6549c35602240f27{\ncolor:#000000;\nbackground:#e8f8f8;\nborder-color:#ededed;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av_promobox av-ltzjiloq-ca07d89252e665da6549c35602240f27 avia-button-no  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><div class='avia-promocontent'><p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-46677 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-20-um-09.15.04-80x80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-20-um-09.15.04-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Bildschirmfoto-2024-03-20-um-09.15.04-36x36.png 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>POLYAS-Tip:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"\/features\">Here you can view the entire list of features and services that we offer.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-wz0wl4-34aab32a2d0f1ae4906b93362ed1f18e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>The Highest Security Standards<\/h2>\n<p>The basic security requirements for online voting products are guided by general democratic principles (free, equal, secret, general and direct). Accordingly, online elections carried out with <a href=\"\/security\">POLYAS CORE 2.5.0 <\/a>are secure under\u00a0BSI requirements and meet the high security standards demanded by democratic elections.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is impossible to trace the identity of the voter back to their cast vote<\/li>\n<li>Voters cannot share their decision with third parties<\/li>\n<li>The electorate are\u00a0reliably identified, ensuring that only those who are registered to vote may do so.<\/li>\n<li>Voters may only cast the number of votes they have been allocated.<\/li>\n<li>Votes cannot be changed, deleted or added during their transfer through\u00a0the network.<\/li>\n<li>Votes in the ballot box cannot be\u00a0changed, deleted or added<\/li>\n<li>Interim inputs are not counted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"\/about-polyas\/research\">We are constantly investing in our IT infrastructure especially surrounding advance cryptography techniques.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-1nz9rg8-75c54a224fb808df4d271da46d3d88ea av_one_third  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lu9i2vcx-f98b442447e01de64a594721f37db094\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-lu9i2vcx-f98b442447e01de64a594721f37db094{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-lu9i2vcx-f98b442447e01de64a594721f37db094 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-8  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ltym5gx4-4b5d2bf9f8cb84828b4c30d830082a87 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock cnt2_sidemenu1'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>Topics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/professional-associations\/board-elections\">Board Elections in Professional Associations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/professional-associations\/amend-bylaws\">Amend your Professional Association&#8217;s Bylaws<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/professional-associations\/board-elections\/board\">Board of Directors in Professional Associations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/professional-associations\/board-elections\/checklist\">Checklist: Board Elections for Professional Associations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/professional-associations\/board-elections\/faq\">Professional Association Election FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/professional-associations\/board-elections\/board\">Board of Directors in Professional Associations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/professional-associations\/agm-voting\">AGM Voting for Professional Associations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-13shxaw-70ecde758ef09bd32c279342ccec690e hr-default  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lu9idg7z-bf603fd1ba39051b13a329fc88d83331 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock cnt2_sidemenu2'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/online-voting\">Online Voting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/election-administration\">Election Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/election-material\">Election Material<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/increase-voter-turnout\">How to Increase Voter Turnout in your Election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/election-glossary\">POLYAS Election Glossary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9568],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42096","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-allgemein-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v25.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Board Voting Procedure in Professional Associations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is the voting procedure for a professional association&#039;s board? 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