Business Wire IndiaSuccess of any association of persons is dependent on how well it is managed. And how well an organization is managed is dependent on the democratically elected representatives who manages these associations. Hence it is very important that association elections are conducted in a secured and transparent manner with maximum participation of members. However, the biggest challenge in association election is low voter turnout. Right2Vote’s online election technology is solving this problem very effectively.
Association elections suffer from low participation or low voter turnout due to booth-based elections. Most association have polling booths set up at their association head office. All members are supposed to travel all the way to this booth, stand in a queue and then vote. However, these days members of an association might be spread across the country and across the world. It is not possible for all members of the association to travel all the way to the specific booth just to vote.
For example –IIT Delhi Alumni Association (IITDAA) has their head office at IIT Delhi campus. However, their alumni are spread across the world. If IITDAA decides to have their elections for few hours during the Alumni meet at the IIT Delhi campus in Delhi as it used to happen earlier, very few alumni who are located around the campus or are enthusiastic enough to travel would be able to participate. However, when IITDAA decided to move to online voting, alumni from across the world started participating which led to major jump in voter turnout. Today the association is better representative of the members as all members including international members have a say in the selection of the management committee.
There are several kinds of associations which are benefiting from Right2Vote’s online election service. These include:
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS
Solar – International Solar Alliance (ISA)
Shipping – ICC Shipping Association
Realtors – South Metrocity Association of Realtors (SMART)
Rubber dealers – The Indian Rubber Dealers Federation (IRDF)
Traders – The Calcutta Electric Traders Association
Chemists – The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD)
Hospital administrators – Academy of Hospital Administrators (AHA)
Indian Business Alliance Russia (IBA – Russia)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Engineers – Consulting Engineers Association of India (CEAI)
Information System Audit Control Association (ISACA)
Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IAStructE)
Doctors – Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) Delhi chapter
Indian Arthroscopy Society (IAS)
Indian Orthodontic Society (IOS)
Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS)
Indian Prosthodontic Society (IPS)
Screenwriters – Screenwriters Association (SWA)
Pilots – Executive Pilots’ Association (EPA)
SOCIAL ASSOCIATIONS (NGOs, Alumni Association, Religious Association)
Lions Clubs International (LCI)
Rotary Clubs
Alumni Association of Indore School of Social Work (AAISSW)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi Alumni Association (IITDAA)
The Old Sanawarian Society
Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA)
Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in India
Junior Chamber International India (JCI India)
Akhil Bhartiya Terapanth Yuvak Parisad (ABTYP)
Bangalore International School Trust (BIST)
Telugu Association of Australia Incorporated (TAAI)
RESIDENT WELFARE ASSOCIATIONS or COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETIES
Tata Ariana owners and residents group
Godrej United Owners Association
Embassy Pristine Apartment Owners Association
Prestige Ozone Home Owners’ Welfare Association
Matri Park CHSL
Spectra Palmwoods Apartment Owners Association
South City Apartment Owners Association
Sai Peace and Prosperity Apartment Buyers Association
Kolkata Uniworld City Apartment Owners’ Association
IRIS Court Flat Owners Association
Apex Association of Lavasa Property Owners
Arcadia Sports Association, Zimbabwe
EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS or EMPLOYEE UNIONS
Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) Employee Trust
NTPC Executive’s Association of Ramagundam
Air India Express Aircraft Engineers Association (AIEAEA)
Retired Officers Welfare Society (ROWS) (Indian Oil Corporation)
NTPC Apex Association
Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL) Employee Trust
All kinds of associations are moving from booth-based election to online election service of Right2Vote due to following reasons:
Higher voter turnout leading to more representative and better management committee
Tested, Certified and Approved by Government of India
Link to relevant certificates: https://right2vote.in/security-certificates/
Saves cost
Saves time and effort
Saving in time and effort is also at voter’s end. In booth based voting the voter wastes around 2-5 hours in travelling to booth, standing in queue and voting. With Right2Vote the whole voting process takes less than a minute.
Secure and transparent
Right2Vote security and transparency features include OTP based authentication, encryption, two factor authentication, biometric authentication, voter selfie, geo tagging, geo fencing, unique IP restriction, specific IP restriction, voter receipt, vote record, audit trail, secret ballot, result multilock etc.
Feature rich, flexible and easy to use platform
Secret ballot
Audit Trail
Voter receipt
Instant result after close of voting
Team election
Multiple position election in a single poll
Candidate picture on the ballot
SMS / Email based invitation
SMS / Email based reminder
Option to vote from website, mobile and app (android and iOS)
Voting from anywhere in less than a minute
Automated counting and instant result in PDF and excel format
Link to complete feature list – https://right2vote.in/features-list/
With the option of Right2Vote’s online election technology, all associations should migrate from booth-based voting to online voting. It not only saves cost, time and effort but most importantly substantially increase voter turnout. Complete details of Right2Vote’s online election service, features, cost, security and process are available here: https://right2vote.in/what-we-do/association-election/
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