{"id":42446,"date":"2021-03-04T11:52:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T10:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.polyas.de\/ct_content_page_2\/online-university-election-kit"},"modified":"2024-04-29T22:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:25:00","slug":"online-university-election-kit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/universities\/university-elections\/case-studies\/online-university-election-kit","title":{"rendered":"POLYAS case study: the authored student body (VS) of the KIT"},"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-edb620b72f94abed44a68894c10439f5\">\n.avia-image-container.av-1aizrzs-edb620b72f94abed44a68894c10439f5 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-1aizrzs-edb620b72f94abed44a68894c10439f5 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-1aizrzs-edb620b72f94abed44a68894c10439f5 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\/2021\/03\/Polyas_Banner_Wissensseiten_860x200_LY01_1_2.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>POLYAS case study: the authored student body (VS) of the KIT<\/h1>\n<p>The constituted student body (VS) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)\u2014the largest university in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg\u2014elected its student parliament and student councils online with POLYAS in July 2020 and increased voter turnout significantly. For the VS, online voting was the only option to organize and carry out the election in the short term&nbsp; despite all the restrictions due to the pandemic.<\/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>A quorum despite corona<\/h2>\n<p>Any election of the VS must be announced at least 48 days in advance. There is much to organize, such as submitting electoral lists, finding supporters and creating the ballot papers, which are eventually cast into a sealed ballot box. The corona requirements caused the VS presence election planned for March 16, 2020 to be canceled.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A basis had to be created for conducting the election despite corona.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Furthermore, the canceled election was to be a repeat election due to discrepancies in a previous ballot. Three student councils and the student parliament had to be re-elected. Because of the delay, it was decided to combine the repeat election with the next regular election of the student parliament and councils.<\/p>\n<p>Robin Otto-Tuti, head of the student council for economics at the time of the election and a member of the student parliament executive committee, reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cAt first we considered a postal vote instead of the ballot box. But the question then was, how do we put 25,000 ballot papers in envelopes under corona restrictions and process the response? And then there would be the manual vote counting. Also, at that time we were not allowed to use our official rooms. That\u2019s why we decided for online voting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you wish to carry out an election at your university? A few steps is all it takes to create your election in the POLYAS Online Voting Manager:<\/p>\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>POLYAS is partner for the online voting at KIT<\/h2>\n<p>A contact at the German national student union conference (BuFaTa) recommended POLYAS to the VS&nbsp;as a partner for the online voting. The University of Jena, which has a long history of working with POLYAS, offered additional guidance to help clarify the technical details. Required options included panachage&nbsp;and&nbsp;cumulative voting so that, for example, voters could cast several votes for one candidate. A further challenge for the VS was to motivate eligible voters to vote online. The decision was to go for POLYAS Online Voting with votes being cast by SecureLink. This procedure enables eligible voters to login with their usual university-account credentials: They were then forwarded to the online voting system via SecureLink.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/premium-features\/securelink\">Find out how here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<em>Being able to receive an e-mail and then cast a vote with a click of the mouse was, as far as I could see, a clear opportunity to increase voter turnout significantly,\u201d&nbsp;<\/em> says Valentin Haas, head of the electoral committee for the online election of the VS at the time of the election<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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'><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 TIPP:<\/strong> You can also nominate your candidates online before an election &#8211; with the POLYAS Nomination Platform: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/nomination-platform\/advantages\">Learn more now!<\/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>Voter turnout doubled<\/h2>\n<p>Using the POLYAS Online Voting System, 21,918 eligible voters were able to exercise their voting rights on 18 digital ballot papers. Relatively little organizational effort was required for the VS to set up the election, as Valentin Haas explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cFor us on the electoral committee, supporting large numbers of voters is a major effort. Up front, we have to make sure that all the necessary documents are submitted, but the election itself did not involve any further work from us. The template to be filled out was self-explanatory, so the ballot papers were created for us. One or two voter groups were pre-defined already\u2014that made the whole process a lot easier. &#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Robin Otto-Tuti adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cMany students gave me feedback about how much easier it was to vote online. We used to have to offer a free coffee or ice cream to motivate voters to go to the ballot box. They received all the information about the election by e-mail and they could vote from the comfort of their own home, so we had a significantly higher voter turnout with an increase from around 10% to 20.1%.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4><strong>The automatic vote counting after the online election was a bonus in view of the corona restrictions.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<em>Manual vote counting would have taken at least a day with 50\u2013100 helpers and would simply not have been possible under the corona restrictions.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>says Robin Otto-Tuti<\/p>\n<p>Valentin Haas: <em>\u201cIn terms of usability, I would go for online voting straight away.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div> <div  class='flex_column av-1nz9rg8-75c54a224fb808df4d271da46d3d88ea av_one_third  avia-builder-el-6  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'><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=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/case-studies\">Case studies and experiences with POLYAS online voting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/universities\">Universities vote online with POLYAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/election-services\">Election Services with POLYAS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-13shxaw-70ecde758ef09bd32c279342ccec690e hr-default'><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=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/increase-voter-turnout\">How to increase the voter turnout in your election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/election-administration\">Helpful Strategies and Tips for Your Election Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"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>POLYAS case study: the authored student body (VS)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The constituted student body (VS) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) voted online with POLYAS. 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