Online Voting for Churches & Religious Groups

The voting experience is designed to be as simple as possible — click a link, see the ballot, tap your choices, and submit. There are no accounts to create, no apps to download, and no passwords to remember. For members who need extra help, a trusted volunteer can assist them at church using the member's unique voting key on a shared device — without ever seeing their ballot choices, since the ballot is submitted by the member directly.

Absolutely. Set a voting window of several days — members can vote on their phones during the Sunday announcement, or at home during the week. This hybrid approach is the most popular option: mention the vote from the pulpit, have members pull out their phones, and let ElectionChamp send automatic reminders to anyone who didn't vote that day.

Yes. You can add an "Abstain" option to any ballot item. This is especially useful for pastoral call votes and other sensitive decisions where some members may want to participate without voting for or against. Abstentions are counted and reported separately from yes/no votes.

Yes. You create your election — the ballot, candidates, questions, and notifications — in whatever language your congregation uses, and every member sees the election in that language. For example, you can build the whole vote in Spanish and everyone votes in Spanish. ElectionChamp fully supports non-English elections in languages such as Spanish, Korean, Mandarin, Tagalog, French, and beyond. Note that an election runs in the one language you choose; it isn't a side-by-side multilingual ballot or per-member translation.

ElectionChamp supports SMS notifications — members can receive their voting link via text message. For members without email or a mobile phone, you can generate printable voter keys to distribute in person (e.g., at Sunday service). The member uses the key to vote on any device — a shared tablet at church, a family member's phone, or a computer at home.

For a 300-member congregation, just $15 per election ($10 base + $0.05 × 100 members above 200). A larger church with 800 members would pay $40. Compare that to the cost of printing paper ballots and the volunteer time spent counting them — not to mention the difficulty of reaching members who can't attend in person. No monthly fees — you only pay when you run a vote.

Absolutely. While this page uses church-specific language, ElectionChamp works equally well for synagogues, mosques, temples, gurdwaras, and any religious community that holds elections or governance votes. The platform is fully customizable — your ballot, your language, your branding, your process.