Who it's for
A secret ballot exists so members can vote their conscience without their vote being known to officers, employers, or each other. If a show of hands would change how anyone votes, it's a secret-ballot matter.
Labor unions & locals
The votes federal law and most constitutions require by secret ballot — and the ones locals choose to run that way because it settles arguments.
Officer and delegate elections are governed by federal law. The LMRDA requires them to be by secret ballot with adequate safeguards. Read exactly what the rules say and how we meet them →
In the box
Ballots are encrypted the instant they're cast, stored in random order with a date but no timestamp, and there is no record anywhere — none — linking a voter to a ballot. Administrators see who voted, never how.
Only people on your uploaded roster can vote, exactly once — enforced in a database transaction, so even a double-click can't slip a second ballot in. Optional one-time voting codes add a second factor.
Mark in-person and paper voters on the roster with one click so they can't also vote online, enter your tellers' hand count, and get combined totals reported both ways.
Every voter gets a receipt code; the published list proves their ballot is in the count. The system reconciles ballots-in-box against voters-marked before you certify.
Every administrative act is written to a hash-chained log. Alter one entry and the chain breaks visibly — on screen and on the printed report.
Turnout, results split by method, integrity checks, the audit trail, and a signature block — one printable certified election report.
$10 per election, up to 2,000 voters.