Fair, transparent elections for your organisation
If you are involved in a community group, indigenous organisation, trust, union, HOA, residents association or any other member-based organisation that holds elections, ensuring those elections are transparent and fair is essential for maintaining trust.
Independent elections you can trust
Many organisations are led by boards, executives, councils or committees elected by their members.
But how can you ensure those elections are fair, transparent and free from interference, while also making it easy for members to participate?
Election Pilot has your back!
When you appoint Election Pilot as your Returning Officer, we manage the election process from start to finish, giving your members confidence that the process is independent and professionally run.
Why organisations choose election pilot
We do the hard work
When we run your election, we manage almost everything:
- Communicating with your members
- Managing the call for nominations
- Approving candidates and responding to candidate queries
- Issuing voting papers
- Counting votes and declaring results
- Producing any required reporting
All your organisation needs to do is:
- Provide a list of eligible voters from your membership database
- Share election notices through your usual communications
- Publish the final results to your members
We also provide templates and resources to make communication easy.
Electronic voting improves participation
Election Pilot has offered secure electronic voting since 2022, helping organisations increase voter engagement.
Recent elections have shown great improvements in participation:
- Parent election turnout increased from 18-20% to 28.9%
- Staff election turnout increased to 69.6%
- Student election turnout increased to 39.5%
- The number of elections progressing to voting increased from around 50% to 73.8%
Electronic voting makes participation simpler and more accessible for members.
Truly independent elections
When Election Pilot acts as the Returning Officer, your election process is fully independent.
This removes the risk of accusations that someone within your organisation influenced or interfered with the election process.
Even when such concerns are unfounded, they can place unnecessary stress on your team. Independent election management protects both the integrity of the election and the reputation of your organisation.
Focus on the important things, your members
Running an election properly takes time and expertise. For many organisations, this isn’t something they are doing all the time. It takes time to get up to speed with the rules and to manage the process properly. We do all that for you, so your team can focus on the important work that needs to happen in your organisation.
Regardless of where you are based, and what rules your constitution, legislation or other requirements you have, we will work with your organisation to make sure that your election mission lifts off without a hitch.
Resources to support your election
We also provide a large selection of resources to help you communicate with your members, including:
- Newsletter articles
- Election notices
- Social media templates
- Communication updates for each stage of the election
These resources make it easy to keep your community informed and engaged throughout the election process.
