Ranked Online Voting System

A ranked voting system is an electoral system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, he or she is declared the winner. If no candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, the candidate with the fewest first-preference votes is eliminated. First-preference votes cast for the failed candidate are eliminated, lifting the second-preference choices indicated on those ballots. A new tally is conducted to determine whether any candidate has won a majority of the adjusted votes. The process is repeated until a candidate wins an outright majority

Online voting, also known as electronic voting or e-voting, is the utilization of electronic means to cast and tabulate votes in an election. Simply put, this is the core functionality of ElectionBuddy. ElectionBuddy guides you through the entire election process, starting from notifying voters and collecting votes to calculating the results of the election. In contrast, before the advent of online voting, elections relied on paper ballots for voting, with manual tallying of votes. While traditional paper-based voting still persists in today's society, the automation of the most significant (yet arguably the most tedious) aspects of an election, namely voting and tallying, is driving the increasing popularity of online voting. Utilizing an internet voting platform simplifies and streamlines the election process, allowing voters to participate remotely from any location.Online voting not only enhances convenience for all participants but also serves to safeguard elections from a major risk to their integrity: human error. Ballots can go missing, errors may occur during result calculation, and individuals can be influenced to manipulate election outcomes. Internet-based voting systems and other online tools can automate the election process to mitigate errors and enhance security. ElectionBuddy ensures the integrity of the online voting process by restricting changes to the election during the voting period, maintaining audit trails of permissible changes, presenting results that can be manually verified to confirm the computer calculation, and more. Every aspect is verifiable, ensuring the integrity of your election. There are no secrets with online voting in an ElectionBuddy election—except, of course, your voters' voting choices!