Online voting for colleges and universities must accommodate a wide range of election types, voter groups, and administrative needs. Montgomery College has used Simply Voting since 2012 to support elections across its three main campuses. One of Maryland’s largest community colleges, it serves approximately 60,000 students, 1,500 faculty members, and 1,300 other staff members.
Requirements & Challenges:
Montgomery College wanted flexible yet robust online voting for governance elections, with a mixture of online elections independently managed by Simply Voting staff and other online elections managed self-service by College groups.
Other requirements included for online voting:
- Minimize College staff involvement in election management
- Simultaneous online elections for different campuses and constituencies
- Online nomination elections followed by final online elections
Simply Voting’s Solution:
Simply Voting offers an online voting tool made easy for governance voting:
- Online Election Management: Manage annual nomination and governance elections for administrators, staff, faculty, and students through a centralized online voting platform, while enabling self-service student government elections across campuses.
- Voter Segmentation: Categorize voters into constituencies, thus allowing for unique online voting ballots for different voter groups.
- Nomination Solution: Deploy a tailored nomination solution that streamlines nominations by voters, candidate acceptance, and candidate information collection, and subsequent online election population in a single workflow.
- Integration: Leverage the College's Single Sign On for voter authentication and login to access the online voting system.
The Results:
Montgomery College has used Simply Voting as their online voting vendor for 14 years which resulted in a streamlined process, reduced workload and increased voter participation over time.
Looking for an online voting system for your college or university? Simply Voting has helped colleges and universities of all sizes conduct secure online elections, from student government and governance elections to faculty, staff, and committee elections. Whether your institution is looking for a self-service online voting system or would like assistance from our experienced election services team, contact us today to discuss your upcoming election.
