Overview
Running a fair, transparent, and organized election shouldn't require juggling disconnected platforms or wrestling with messy spreadsheets. The CiviElection plugin transforms your existing CiviCRM environment into a complete digital voting booth. Built specifically to help organizations establish committees, fill volunteer roles, and elect governing bodies, this tool handles the entire election lifecycle directly from your website.
Whether you are organizing a small local board election or a large-scale national vote, you can advertise open positions, manage nominations, and securely collect votes using the member data you already have in CiviCRM. It provides a streamlined, professional experience for both your administrative team and your voters, making democratic processes easier to manage, track, and record.
Features
Targeted Voter EligibilityControl exactly who gets a say. By integrating directly with CiviCRM Groups and Smart Groups, you can restrict voting access based on location, membership level, or any other demographic criteria in your database.
Automated Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV)Ensure the most broadly supported candidate wins without the administrative headache. The extension automatically tallies and calculates results using the instant-runoff voting method, saving your team hours of manual counting.
Flexible Nomination ManagementAdvertise as many open positions as you need. Members can nominate peers or put themselves forward, and administrators can set the exact number of endorsements required for someone to officially become an eligible candidate.
Custom Election TimelinesKeep your election perfectly on schedule. You can set highly specific, unique dates and times for every single stage of the election process, from the opening of nominations to the close of voting.
Vote Control & PrivacyDecide how flexible your voting process should be by allowing or disallowing voters to change their minds before the polls close. Once the election wraps up and results are posted, you can choose to anonymize the votes to protect voter privacy.
Concurrent Elections & Historical ArchivesDon't let logistics hold you back. Run multiple different elections at the exact same time without crossing wires, and securely archive all past results as a permanent, accessible historical record for your organization.
Seamless WordPress IntegrationBring the election directly to your audience. The plugin includes simple shortcodes that make it incredibly easy to embed active election listings and individual voting pages straight into your existing WordPress website, keeping the user experience completely branded.