HOA & Condo Boards
HOA Quorum Requirements: How Quorum Works and How to Hit It
How HOA quorum works, who counts toward it, the defaults in California, Florida, and Texas, and what to do when a meeting…
Practical advice on running secure, fair, and affordable online elections — for HOAs, nonprofits, unions, schools, and every organization in between.
HOA & Condo Boards
How HOA quorum works, who counts toward it, the defaults in California, Florida, and Texas, and what to do when a meeting…
Case Studies & Comparisons
eBallot has no free tier: Essential starts at $6.99 a month on a 6 or 12 month term, and Business at $2,500…
HOA & Condo Boards
Most HOA board members are unpaid volunteers. Here is when pay is allowed, which perks are legal, and the Florida and California…
HOA & Condo Boards
What Texas Property Code Chapter 209 requires for HOA elections, including the 2025 electronic ballot change, plus a compliance checklist for your…
Election Security
Google Forms is fine for quick polls. Here is where it falls short for real elections, checked against Google's help pages, plus…
Nonprofits & Associations
Copy a free board nomination form with nominee consent, eligibility checks, and a short self-nomination version, then run a clean nomination period.
Nonprofits & Associations
Six online voting platforms compared for nonprofit board and member elections, with published prices at 100, 500, and 2,000 voters as of…
Getting Started
Copy a free board meeting minutes template with attendance, quorum, conflicts, a vote record for every motion, and a log for online…
Case Studies & Comparisons
OpaVote is free up to 25 voters, then $10 per 125 voters or 20 candidates. Here are worked examples, the data retention…
Canada
What the Condominium Act, 1998 allows for electronic voting and virtual AGMs since October 2023, with section numbers for quorum, notice, proxies,…
Case Studies & Comparisons
Six ElectionBuddy alternatives compared on published prices, free tiers, strengths, and limits, with a guide to which one fits your organization.
Case Studies & Comparisons
A scored buyer's checklist for online voting software: security, anonymity, audit trail, voting methods, pricing, and when you actually need SOC 2.
Nonprofits & Associations
A step-by-step guide for volunteer-run clubs: bylaws, voter lists, nominations, ballot setup, reminders, results, and handover, with a timeline you can copy.
HOA & Condo Boards
What HOA voting software must handle, how six platforms compare on weighted votes, proxies, and paper ballots, and what each costs at…
Case Studies & Comparisons
ElectionBuddy's 2026 plans explained: voter caps, reminders, the SMS add-on, meeting vote pricing, and worked costs at common voter counts.
HOA & Condo Boards
Copy a free HOA proxy form in general and directed versions, and learn the fields it needs and how to submit, revoke,…
Thought Leadership & Industry Trends
Privacy Is a Governance Obligation Running an election involves collecting, processing, and storing personal data: names, email addresses, phone numbers, membership identifiers,…
Thought Leadership & Industry Trends
Access Is a Right, Not a Feature If an election is supposed to represent the will of the membership, every member must…
Thought Leadership & Industry Trends
The Tipping Point Has Arrived For decades, paper ballots were the default for organizational elections. They were familiar, understood, and — critically…
Thought Leadership & Industry Trends
Every Paper Ballot Has an Environmental Cost Organizations rarely think about the environmental impact of their elections, but the numbers add up.…