How would you rate your experience with ElectionBuddy?
We have been using ElectionBuddy for many years. It's slick and easy to use, both for the voters and the administrators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
No downside that I can share at this time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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.
Thank you so much for taking the time to review your experience with ElectionBuddy! We are glad you found ElectionBuddy intuitive and made the election process easier for you.
Thank you for the feedback about the results being available to voters. ElectionBuddy has multiple settings for when voters are able to view the results and this setting can be changed; for example, you might like to have 'no access allowed' as your initial setting, and then update this setting to 'only after voting ends' once you have announced the results at your meeting.
Once again, thank you again for your review and we look forward to your next vote with ElectionBuddy!
See how ElectionBuddy improvedWhile 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.
Hi Barbara, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with ElectionBuddy! We are so happy to hear you were able to use ElectionBuddy's support center to assist you through the setup process. We are glad you found the cost reasonable for your board of directors election.
We appreciate your feedback about understanding how to add voters and set up the vote and that you were able to navigate the process using the support center.
Thank you again for your feedback and we look forward to your next vote with ElectionBuddy!
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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.
Thank you so much for taking the time to review your experience with ElectionBuddy! We are so glad to hear that you liked the design and execution phases integrated.
We appreciate you mentioning the number of clicks for certain functions and will absolutely bring this to the attention of our product team. Thank you for mentioning the vote timing in 15-minute increments - you can choose a time that is not on the quarter-hour, although it may appear you cannot. We also offer the ability to manually start a vote so your meeting doesn't get delayed waiting for the vote to start. I have included a link below that includes a bit more detail about setting up the time. As always, feel free to reach out if you run into any issues.
Thank you again for taking the time to share your experience and we look forward to your next vote!
See how ElectionBuddy improvedElectionBuddy 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.
Hello and thank you for taking the time to review ElectionBuddy! We are thrilled to hear that ElectionBuddy worked well for your church and that you were able to reach members not able to attend in person.
Thank you for your feedback about the unclear pricing tiers; we love your idea about showing price comparisons and will share this with the senior team.
We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience and look forward to your next vote with ElectionBuddy!
See how ElectionBuddy improvedThe 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.
Hi there! Thank you for taking the time to write a review about ElectionBuddy! We are so glad you found the reminders helpful to reach the voters that have not yet cast their ballots. We are thrilled to hear that you found it helpful to monitor your voter list during the live vote.
Thank you for letting us know about the learning curve with ElectionBuddy. If any questions or issues come up while setting up or running your vote, you are always welcome to reach out to us via email (support@electionbuddy.com) or live chat. Our support hours at Monday - Friday, 9 am - 9 pm EST.
We appreciate your feedback and look forward to your next vote with ElectionBuddy!
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.
Hi Sydney, Thank you so much for taking the time to review ElectionBuddy and for the 5 stars! We are so glad you found ElectionBuddy self-explanatory and easy to navigate, with a reasonable price for your organization.
Thank you for your feedback about reminder pricing! The number of reminders per vote is based on the pricing tier your vote falls into, and you are always welcome to send a reminder to your voters outside of ElectionBuddy. :-)
Thank you again for your kind words and we look forward to your next vote with ElectionBuddy!
See how ElectionBuddy improvedThat 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.
Thank you so much for your review! We are thrilled to hear that you found ElectionBuddy easy to navigate and took advantage of postal mailings to reach your voters in addition to using an electronic notice.
We appreciate you mentioning having election judges that need to access results. ElectionBuddy does allow all users to have one additional administrator. If more administrators are required, you might consider having the judges share a login (such as a shared email address) or chat with us about annual plans as these plans are eligible for more administrators (note, there is a fee).
Thank you again and we look forward to your next vote with ElectionBuddy!
See how ElectionBuddy improvedThe 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.
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with ElectionBuddy! We are so glad you found the process simple and efficient, and the results clear.
We agree that testing is easy and a great way to get familiar with ElectionBuddy.
Thank you again and we look forward to your next vote!
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.
Thank you for taking the time to review your experience with ElectionBuddy. We are glad to hear that ElectionBuddy met your non-profit's needs as you transitioned from paper to an electronic election process.
Thanks for your feedback about the voter list, can you please provide more details about what you were trying to download? Please feel free to reach out to us at support@electionbuddy.com. ElectionBuddy offers several reports that you can download such as the results, voter status, and voter audit.
Thank you again for writing a review and we look forward to your next vote with ElectionBuddy!
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