ElectionChamp
Online Voting for Professional Associations
Run board elections, membership votes, and policy decisions online. Reach members nationwide, boost participation, and deliver professional-grade results your leadership can trust.
Association Elections Shouldn't Be a Logistical Nightmare
Your members joined for the professional value, not to wrestle with paper ballots or attend a meeting just to cast a vote.
Members Spread Everywhere
Your membership spans cities, states, even countries. Expecting them to vote in person or mail back a ballot means single-digit participation rates and elections that barely represent the membership.
Declining Engagement
Low election turnout signals disengagement. When fewer members vote, the board's legitimacy suffers and it becomes harder to drive policy changes, approve budgets, or claim a real mandate.
Staff Time on Administration
Your executive director and staff shouldn't be printing ballots, stuffing envelopes, or hand-counting votes. That's time taken away from member services, events, and advocacy.
Your members expect a modern experience.
ElectionChamp handles the voting, counting and documentation, and reminders take one click, so your staff can focus on what members actually value.
Start Your Free ElectionEvery Vote Your Association Needs to Take
ElectionChamp handles all types of association votes, from annual board elections to conference planning and strategic direction polls.
Board of Directors Elections
Elect board members with confidence. Support for regional seats, at-large positions, candidate bios, and automatic result calculation.
- Annual board elections
- Regional representative seats
- At-large director positions
Officer & Committee Elections
Elect your president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and committee chairs. Run all officer positions in a single election or separately.
- Executive officer positions
- Committee chair elections
- Special committee appointments
Bylaw & Governance Changes
Put proposed amendments in front of your full membership. Present exact language, collect votes, and document the outcome for your governance records.
- Bylaw amendments
- Governance policy updates
- Membership criteria changes
Budget & Dues Approvals
Get formal member approval for annual budgets, dues changes, and major expenditures. Clear documentation for your board and auditors.
- Annual operating budget
- Dues increase votes
- Special assessment approvals
Member Surveys & Polls
Gauge member priorities on strategic direction, conference topics, advocacy positions, or benefit preferences. Data-backed decisions build member trust.
- Strategic priority rankings
- Conference topic preferences
- Member satisfaction surveys
Awards & Nominations
Open nominations to your full membership with write-in names, then put the finalists to a vote. All in one platform.
- Industry award nominations
- Fellow/honor designations
- Scholarship recipient selection
Set up your association election in 5 steps
No software to install. Voters need no account. Most organizers finish in about 10 minutes.
Start
Name your election, pick when voting opens and closes, and add your logo. Choose how voters get their key: by email, by text message or handed out.
Ballot
Add each question or position and its candidates or options. Choose how members vote, and check the live preview of what they will see. Board seats, officer races or a bylaw amendment.
Voters
Paste your member list from a spreadsheet or upload a CSV. Each voter gets a private key. Add a weight column if some votes count more.
Invitations
The email and text message are written for you. Change the wording if you like, and email yourself a test.
Launch
Check the summary and launch. Up to 20 voters is free, and larger elections pay once, at launch.
After launch
Members vote from any device. Watch turnout, send a reminder to those who haven't voted, and share the results when voting closes.
Features Association Leaders Actually Need
Everything you need to run a secure, professional election for a geographically dispersed membership, with nothing you don't.
Vote From Anywhere
Members vote from their phone, tablet, or computer, at home, at work, or traveling. No app to download, no account to create. Click the link, cast the vote.
Learn more about Vote From AnywhereBuilt-In Security
AES-256 encryption, unique 16-character voter keys, anonymous ballots, and SSL-protected connections. The security your membership and board expect.
Learn more about Built-In SecurityOne-Click Reminders
Send a reminder by email or text to every member who hasn't voted, straight from your dashboard. Free elections include 1 reminder, and paid elections up to 5, one every 24 hours.
Learn more about One-Click RemindersInstant Results & Reports
Results calculated automatically when voting closes. Detailed reports with vote breakdowns, participation stats, and exportable data for your board packet.
Learn more about Instant Results & ReportsFull Audit Trail
A timestamped record of when voting opened and closed, every ballot submitted (never who cast it), and every reminder and resend. Clear documentation for your board, legal counsel and accreditation reviews.
Learn more about Full Audit TrailMultiple Voting Methods
Plurality (one pick or several), ranked choice, cumulative, yes/no, write-in nominations and surveys. Use different methods for different ballot items in the same election.
Learn more about Multiple Voting MethodsWhy Associations Choose ElectionChamp
Your members are professionals who expect a polished, efficient experience. ElectionChamp gives you a voting platform that reflects the professionalism of your organization, without the enterprise price tag.
- Reach members nationwide (or globally): vote from any device, any location
- Anonymous ballots protect voter privacy: no one can see how individuals voted
- Exportable results for board packets, annual reports, and governance records
- Pay-per-election pricing: no annual contracts or subscription fees
- Managed election service available: we handle setup and oversight for you
A Professional Ballot Your Members Will Respect
No clunky interfaces or confusing steps. Members click the secure link in their email or text, see a polished ballot, make their selections, and submit from any device.
Whether your members are in New York, San Francisco, or London, they get the same clean, professional voting experience.
See the Full Voter ExperienceSimple Pricing That Scales With Your Membership
Whether your association has 50 members or 50,000, ElectionChamp's pay-per-election model means you only pay when you vote. No annual contracts, no subscription fees, no surprises. All features included on every plan.
Ready to Modernize Your Association Elections?
Join professional associations that have moved from paper ballots to secure online voting.
Association Voting Questions
Yes, for the vast majority of professional associations. Most association bylaws either already permit electronic voting or can be amended to allow it. ElectionChamp provides encrypted ballots, unique voter keys, anonymous voting and a complete audit trail. We recommend reviewing your bylaws and consulting your organization's legal counsel if you're unsure.
Absolutely. Members receive their voting link by email or text message and can vote from any device with an internet connection, anywhere in the world. You can write the ballot, candidate bios, instructions and invitations in your members' language, such as Spanish, French or Korean. Only the buttons and system text on the voting screens stay in English. Time zones don't matter: members vote whenever suits them during the voting window you set.
Yes. You can create separate elections for each chapter, division, or region, each with its own voter list, ballot, and results. Alternatively, you can run a single election with chapter-specific ballot items. Your account can manage as many elections as you need.
Yes. Each candidate listing can include a name, title, biographical statement, and professional credentials. This gives members the information they need to make informed choices, right on the ballot itself. No separate PDF or website to reference.
You paste or upload your current membership list. When you launch, ElectionChamp makes a unique 16-character voter key for each member. Only people on your list get a voting link, and each key works once. You control exactly who is eligible: you can change the list until you launch, and spare keys set aside before launch let you add late members while voting is open.
Yes. Election results export as CSV, and the audit log can be exported too. These provide the governance documentation your board, members, and accrediting bodies may require: professional-grade records of who participated, how votes were counted, and what the outcomes were.
For a 10,000-member association, a single election costs approximately $500 ($10 base + $0.05 × 9,800 members above 200). Compare that to the cost of printing and mailing 10,000 paper ballots, plus the staff time to process them. Contact us for volume pricing if you run multiple elections per year.
Yes. Our managed elections service means our team handles everything: setup, voter list upload, ballot configuration, launch, monitoring, and result delivery. You approve the ballot and we handle the rest. This is popular with associations that want to completely offload election logistics from their staff. Learn more about managed elections.
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Run Your Next Association Election Like a Champ
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