{"id":42455,"date":"2021-03-04T12:57:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T11:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.polyas.de\/ct_content_page_2\/cdu-party-conference"},"modified":"2024-04-29T22:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:25:49","slug":"cdu-party-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.polyas.com\/parties\/party-board-elections\/case-studies\/cdu-party-conference","title":{"rendered":"POLYAS case study: Digital CDU party conference"},"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-4674179ff32b7f465ec70f74b1d0ba13\">\n.avia-image-container.av-1aizrzs-4674179ff32b7f465ec70f74b1d0ba13 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-1aizrzs-4674179ff32b7f465ec70f74b1d0ba13 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-1aizrzs-4674179ff32b7f465ec70f74b1d0ba13 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\/CDU-party-conference.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: Digital CDU party conference<\/h1>\n<p>On January 15 and 16, 2021, the German political party, the CDU, held their first digital party conference. The live voting was carried out jointly by POLYAS and the Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems, which acted as general contractor. T-Systems hosted the digital voting on their Open Telekom Cloud, which POLYAS has used since 2018 to host their online voting system.<\/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>The decision by the CDU<\/h2>\n<p>Originally planned for December 2020, the CDU party conference could not take place due to the corona pandemic. However, since the party intended to elect a new leader, it considered various ways of implementation and opted for POLYAS and Live Voting. Dr. Stefan Hennewig, national managing director of the CDU, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think we can say: It was the right decision. The digital implementation set new standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Do you wish to enable digital co-determination for your party too? Use the POLYAS Online Voting Manager to create live votes, nominations and online elections in a few easy steps.<\/strong><\/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>Elections and the law<\/h2>\n<p>The legal basis for digital elections in Germany is the Political Parties Act. However, this law states that digital party conferences can only hold a \u201cdigital preliminary ballot\u201d and that it must be linked with a binding vote by ballot box or postal vote. For this reason, the election of January 16, 2021 was subsequently confirmed by the delegates with a postal vote. The candidates Armin Laschet, Friedrich Merz and Norbert R\u00f6ttgen all agreed in advance that they would accept the winner of the digital vote. They also decided that only the winner of the online election should be placed on the postal vote. And so Armin Laschet was officially appointed leader of the CDU on January 22, 2021.<\/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'><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:&nbsp;<\/strong> <a href=\"\/online-voting\">Are you a member of a party? Then take the opportunity to get your party\u2019s base more closely involved in the decision-making process.<\/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>CDU delegates received Live Voting positively<\/h2>\n<p>Carrying out such a large project required precise project planning in advance. On the day of the event itself, all factors must come together in such a way that they complement one another.<\/p>\n<p>The hosting- and live-stream partners worked together with the CDU to run through various risk scenarios in advance. Ultimately the party had a flexible plan of action and was prepared for all possible contingencies. The CDU also had a wide range of information for the 1,001 delegates. There were video tutorials, a service hotline, step-by-step instructions and three technical test runs with all delegates. For the CDU it was important that all delegates could join in the party conference without problems, regardless of their age.<\/p>\n<p>In all, six ballots were carried out with POLYAS. General Secretary Paul Ziemiak said during the live stream that there was a high turnout for every vote. He added that voter turnout at previous party conferences usually tailed off, as many delegates had to leave to go home. This was where the POLYAS Live Voting of course offered an enormous advantage, as every delegate could cast their vote from home. Dr. Stefan Hennewig, national managing director of the CDU, said after the voting:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFuture party conferences will no longer be held offline only. Going forward, we will make greater use of hybrid formats so that everyone can take part and, at the same time, this will promote digital thinking at party conferences. However, legal regulations will have to be adapted to allow for this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Widespread media coverage of the Live Voting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This party conference drew special interest from the media: Not only was it about finding the successor to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, it was also about a potential candidate for Chancellor with a view to the general election in September 2021. But the online voting itself also met with broad media interest. Examples of media coverage included&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/netzwelt\/web\/cdu-meldet-zahlreiche-hackerangriffe-auf-parteitag-a-33e950ed-18cb-4eec-b8bd-6ad757d5e900\">Spiegel Online<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hna.de\/kassel\/kasseler-halfen-cdu-beim-waehlen-90173480.html\">HNA<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lfxi3y_vbMs\">Tagesschau24<\/a>&nbsp;and the politics podcast&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lagedernation.org\/2021\/01\/14\/ldn224-cdu-parteitag-und-kanzlerwahl-corona-impfungen-patientenverfuegungen-trump-amtsenthebung-verantwortung-der-sozialen-medien\/\">Lage der Nation<\/a>&#8220;, all of whom reported on the digital voting with POLYAS.<\/p>\n<p>The CDU decided to use Live Voting so that their ballots could take place despite the pandemic.&nbsp;If you too want to go digital and conduct your elections despite the pandemic, then take a look at our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/configure.polyas.com\/\">Online Voting Manager<\/a> today.<\/p>\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=\"\/case-studies\">Case Studies about Online Voting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/universities\">Universities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/election-services\">Election Services<\/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=\"\/increase-voter-turnout\">How to Increase Voter Turnout in your Election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/election-administration\">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-42455","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: Digital CDU party conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The CDU elected its new leader online with POLYAS. 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