ElectionChamp
Online Voting for Colleges & Universities
Run student government elections, faculty senate votes, and campus referendums online. Mobile-first, secure, and built for the way students and faculty actually engage.
Campus Elections Shouldn't Feel Stuck in the Past
Your students live on their phones. Your faculty are spread across departments. A paper ballot or single-day polling station doesn't match how your campus actually works.
Embarrassingly Low Turnout
Single-digit participation rates undermine the legitimacy of student government and governance bodies. If voting requires standing in line between classes, most students simply won't do it.
Multiple Campuses & Commuters
Not every student lives on campus. Commuters, online students, and satellite campus populations are effectively excluded from physical polling stations.
Volunteer-Run, Under-Resourced
Student government election commissions run on volunteer labor. Printing ballots, staffing polling stations, and counting votes manually is a drain on time that could go toward programming and advocacy.
Your campus deserves a modern voting experience.
ElectionChamp handles the voting, counting and documentation, and reminders take one click, so your election commission can focus on fair, transparent governance.
Start Your Free ElectionEvery Vote Your Campus Needs to Run
ElectionChamp handles all types of campus elections, from student body president to faculty tenure committee and campus-wide referendums.
Student Government Elections
Elect your student body president, vice president, senators, and class representatives. Support for multiple races, candidate statements, and automatic result calculation.
- Student body president & VP
- Senate and class representatives
- Graduate student council
Faculty Senate & Governance
Elect faculty senate members, department chairs, and committee representatives. Run governance votes that meet the formality your institution requires.
- Faculty senate elections
- Department chair votes
- Tenure & promotion committees
Referendums & Policy Votes
Put campus-wide questions to a vote: fee increases, constitutional amendments, sustainability initiatives, or any issue that requires formal student or faculty input.
- Student fee referendums
- SGA constitutional amendments
- Campus policy proposals
Club & Organization Elections
Greek life chapters, honor societies, club sports, and student organizations can all run their own elections. Each group gets its own ballot and voter list.
- Club officer elections
- Greek life chapter votes
- Honor society officers
Awards & Homecoming
Homecoming court, teaching excellence awards, outstanding student awards: run any campus-wide vote with the same security and professionalism as a governance election.
- Homecoming court voting
- Teaching excellence awards
- Student recognition programs
Campus Surveys & Polls
Gauge student or faculty opinion on campus issues. Non-binding polls give governance bodies data-backed justification for decisions and budget requests.
- Campus dining preferences
- Student experience surveys
- Budget priority rankings
Set up your campus 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. Student government seats, a fee referendum or a club officer race.
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 Campus Elections Actually Need
Everything you need to run a secure, high-turnout campus election, built for how students and faculty actually vote.
Mobile-First Voting
Students live on their phones. They'll vote from their dorm, the library, or between classes. No app download, no account creation. Tap the link, vote, done.
Learn more about Mobile-First VotingEncrypted & Anonymous
AES-256 encryption and anonymous ballots. No one (not the election commission, not student affairs, not IT) can see how any individual voted.
Learn more about Encrypted & AnonymousOne-Click Reminders
Send a reminder by email or text to every student 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
Results calculated automatically when voting closes. Announce your new student body president minutes after the polls close. No overnight counting required.
Learn more about Instant ResultsRanked Choice & More
Plurality (one pick or several), ranked choice with Borda points, cumulative and yes/no, with STV through our free Excel calculator. Use a different method for each race in the same election.
Learn more about Ranked Choice & MoreFull Audit Trail
A timestamped record of when voting opened and closed, every ballot submitted (never who cast it), and every reminder and resend. If results are challenged, you have defensible documentation, not a box of paper ballots.
Learn more about Full Audit TrailWhy Campuses Choose ElectionChamp
Students expect to do everything from their phone. Faculty expect a secure, professional process. ElectionChamp delivers both, at a price that fits a student government budget.
- Free for up to 20 voters, perfect for clubs, small orgs, and test runs
- Mobile-first: students vote from their phone, no app needed
- Reach commuters, online students, and satellite campuses equally
- Ranked choice voting built in, with no separate software
- Pay per election, with no annual contracts draining your SGA budget
A Ballot Built for Their Phone
No login. No app. No account. Students tap the link in their email or text, see a clean ballot with candidate names and statements, make their choices, and submit. Done before their next class starts.
Works on every phone, tablet, and laptop, so commuter students, distance learners, and study-abroad participants vote just as easily as someone in the student union.
See the Full Voter ExperienceBudget-Friendly Pricing for Student Governments
Most SGA budgets are tight. ElectionChamp's pay-per-election pricing means you only pay when you vote. No annual contracts, no monthly fees, and every feature included. A 5,000-student election costs about $250 total.
Ready to Modernize Your Campus Elections?
Join colleges and universities that have moved from paper ballots and polling stations to secure online voting.
Campus Voting Questions
Yes, and this is the most common approach. Upload your student directory with .edu email addresses, and ElectionChamp generates a unique 16-character voter key for each student. Only students on your approved voter list receive a voting link, ensuring only eligible, enrolled students can participate.
Yes, with two options. Ranked choice ballots are counted automatically with Borda points: each rank earns points and the highest total wins. For multi-seat races that need STV, collect ranked ballots in ElectionChamp, export the results as CSV, and run them through our free STV Excel calculator. If your constitution requires instant runoff, check with us before you launch.
Absolutely. Your account can manage unlimited elections with different voter lists. Run SGA elections for the full student body, fraternity/sorority elections for chapter members, club elections for each organization, and faculty senate elections for faculty, all from the same account, each with its own ballot and results.
Each student receives a unique 16-character voter key that can only be used once. Once a ballot is submitted, that key is permanently marked as used. There is no way to vote twice. Even if a student clicks their voting link again, they'll see a confirmation that their vote has already been recorded.
That depends on a setting you choose before launch. With the default (No one), nobody sees the count until voting ends, the commission included. With the other setting (You and your observers), you and anyone with an observer link see totals as votes come in. You always see turnout. Students see results only when you share them.
The audit trail records when voting opened and closed, each ballot submitted (never by whom), every reminder and resend, and observer views, each with a timestamp. It downloads as CSV and holds up far better than a box of paper ballots, where chain of custody is often questionable.
For a 15,000-student election, approximately $750 ($10 base + $0.05 × 14,800 students above 200). Compare that to the cost of printing ballots, staffing polling stations for multiple days, and the volunteer hours spent counting. Contact us for volume pricing if you run multiple elections per academic year.
No. Only you and the observers you add can see results and turnout, and students see results only if you share them. Ballots are encrypted and secret: no one can see how any individual student voted. Your election data belongs to the organization running the election.
Not a University? We've Got You Covered
Run Your Next Campus Election Like a Champ
Set up in minutes. Free for up to 20 voters. No credit card required.
Questions? support@electionchamp.com