ADDING QUESTIONS
- Preview the ballot/signup/quiz
- Click Add/Edit a question
- Enter the question (e.g. Vote for President, On what day should XYZ have its meetings?, How many points are scored on a touchdown?)
- Select the type of answer expected:
- Yes/No
- Favor/Oppose
- True/False (only available on a quiz/exam)
- Multiple Choice (only available on a quiz/exam)
- Officials - Select One/Many
- This option allows you to provide a list of several candidates and allows the voter to select one or more candidates as configured in the next step.
- All selections are equal.
- This is often used for tournament voting, where each official picks at least some number and no more than another number of candidates
- Officials - Ranked List - Instant Runoff
- In this one, the voter will rank the options from most preferred to least preferred.
- This method is used when a majority vote is required to win an election.
- The rankings are used to eliminate the least-preferred option and reallocate the votes for that option to the remaining option . This avoids the need for runoff elections when there is a plurality.
- There are several websites that detail this form of voting.
- Officials - Ranked List - Generic
- The votes are cast as above.
- A table of who received how many votes in each ranked position is provided for your own use.
- The site provides one possible scoring of the rankings by assigning a number of points to each submissions....the higher the ranking, the more points....but you are free to use the provided raw data to tabulate the results in a different way.
- General - Select One/Many
- Like #5, but use freeform text as the choices
- Number
- The answer is expected to be a number
- Text - One line
- Good for simple surveys or write-in votes
- Text - Multiple lines
- If the vote type is a "One/Many" or a "Ranked List", enter a minimum number of selections and a maximum number of selections for the submission to be valid.
- In the case of ranked lists, this will greatly simplify the ballot/signup form in addition to restricting the number that can be selected
- Check the "Allow Candidate Statement" box if you want to enable candidates to enter their own position statements
- Optionally, enter a detailed explanation and chose whether it will be displayed with the question, or if the explanation will be shown only if the voter clicks on the "Explanation" link on the ballot
- Click "Update This Item"
CONFIGURING OPTIONS FOR SELECTION LISTS
- If you chose a question type that has a list of officials, click by the target question to choose your list.
- If you choose a question type that has general items, click by the target question to enter your list
- Note that you can cause options on general item questions to expire before the entire ballot/survey/signup/quiz closes.
- This can be used for signups where various options become unavailable at different times...e.g., repay, pay-at-the-door, etc.
- Options can not be modified after the opening time
FINAL STEPS
- Sort your questions and/or options as desired using the up/down sort arrows
- If it is an exam/quiz, edit the answer key from the main quiz listing
- Publish when ready
- Send Reminders periodically
- None are sent automatically at this time
- Only those who have not made a submission will be reminded.