The vote has a type
Officer election, ratification, strike vote, bylaw question — preparation, open, closed, certified.
By Need
Voting
Three different decisions. One rule: the eligible list matches People, the ballot is readable, and nobody sees how a member voted.
Union Software is built for the collective bargaining economy — the local, the unit, the hall, the board — not for an employer HR stack. Voting here is type, rules, list, ballot, notice, turnout, certification.
How the week runs in the software
Voting holds type, rules, eligibility from People, the ballot, notice through Communications, observers, turnout, and certification. Selections stay anonymous.
The software answers who is eligible, whether notice hit that list, turnout by unit or method, and whether the result is certified.
How Union Software helps
Rules come first
Dates, time zone, eligibility date, methods, notices, observers, certification.
Eligibility comes from People
Unit, status, standing, or a controlled list. Preview, freeze, challenge, preserve.
The ballot is the decision
Offices and candidates, or a referendum question. Preview before approval.
Turnout is not a ballot
Eligible, cast, percent, by group and method. Individual selections stay anonymous.
Notice uses Communications
The send and the list are the same people. Communications delivers the notice against the eligibility list in Voting.
Officer election
Nominations closed. Several offices. The elections committee needs a ballot members can read and a list the constitution will survive.
Create the officer election: offices, dates, methods, observers, certification, bylaw authority.
Build eligibility from People — membership, standing, any unit rule the bylaws use.
Build the ballot (select one / select up to N) and preview it.
Send the notice to that frozen list and open on schedule.
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Live turnout
Participation by eligible group and voting method, never individual choices.
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How the software handles it
Separate vote records
Each vote in Voting has its own eligibility from People, notice, and certification.
- Create the vote.
- Build that vote’s list from People.
- Send notice to that list.
- Certify on that record.
Strike vote, then Strike
Voting certifies. Strike uses the same people. Two products, one list source.
- Create the vote from People.
- Certify.
- Open Strike for those people if it carries.
- Do not rebuild the list.
Freeze on the vote
Exceptions and the frozen list sit on that vote record.
- Resolve exceptions.
- Freeze the list.
- Keep the exception trail on the vote.
- Do not add names after ballots go.
Observers and certification
Close time, observers, and certification live on the vote.
- Close on schedule.
- Keep observer sign-off.
- Certify turnout and the result.
- Point minutes at that record.
Relevant products
Voting
the working record for every governed vote.
People
eligibility source.
Communications
notices and reminders.
Finance & Dues
standing that many eligibility rules use.
Bargaining
the TA behind ratification.
Strike
operations if a strike vote carries.
Advanced Reports
turnout summaries the board can walk, never ballots.
Operationally ready
Three different decisions. One rule: the eligible list matches People, the ballot is readable, and nobody sees how a member voted.
Get StartedQuestions they actually ask
How does Voting keep two votes from sharing one leftover list?
Each vote is its own record. Eligibility is built from People for that vote. Notice goes to that list. One vote does not reuse another vote’s export.
Can we see how a member voted?
No. Voting shows turnout and method, not selections.
How does notice stay on the eligible list?
Communications sends to the People rules that vote used.
Where do officer elections live?
In Voting, as their own vote type, with nominations, observers, and certification on that record.
What does the product do if a strike vote carries?
Voting certifies the result. Strike opens for the same people. You do not rebuild the list by hand.