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Letter from SBS Founder and President Jon Westerhaus:

Welcome to the newly redesigned SBS website! We hope this site accomplishes the goal we set forth to achieve - improve navigation to the most commonly accessed information by our valued clients and prospects. We are proud to be in our twenty-first year of business as a trusted provider of election management services; this site reflects our long-standing commitment to quality, reliability, security and integrity. Whether you are a long-standing client or a new visitor, we hope you will take time to browse through this site and discover all that SBS has to offer.


SBS Establishes Online Election for the Black Police Association of Greater Dallas

For immediate release: Summary: Black Police Association of Greater Dallas successfully utilizes Survey & Ballot Systems’ (SBS) online voting software to reach election goals. MINNEAPOLIS­ – May 17, [...]

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SBS Launches DirectVotePlus™ Hybrid Election Service

For immediate release: Summary: Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) releases DirectVotePlus,™ a new election service developed for organizations looking to maximize member engagment through the combination of web, [...]

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SBS Presents Webinar on E-Voting for Cooperative Elections

For immediate release: Summary: Election experts advise on advantages, implementation steps, and considerations for cooperative elections and e-voting. MINNEAPOLIS — April 17, 2012 — Survey & Ballot Systems [...]

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SBS Offers Secure Access to Online Elections via QR Code

For immediate release: Summary: Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) announces new feature that allows voters in member-based organizations to access online voting from mobile devices via quick response [...]

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SBS Launches Free Trial for New Online Voting Software

For immediate release: Summary: myDirectVote offers virtual personal assistance with user-friendly interface. Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS), a leading provider of election services and secure Internet voting systems, [...]

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SBS Runs Online Election for ASRT

For immediate release: Summary: Survey & Ballot Systems’ (SBS) online voting system allows members of the world’s largest radiologic science organization to cast candidate selections in minutes. Survey [...]

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SBS Hosts Online Voting Webinar

For immediate release: Summary: SBS election experts share best practices and recommendations for successful implementation of online voting systems. Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS), a leading provider of [...]

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Survey & Ballot Systems Launches Election Blog

For immediate release: Summary: Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) launches The Election Experts – A blog dedicated to helping member-based organizations with online voting, elections and surveys. Survey [...]

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SBS Helps San Isabel Electric Save Resources

For immediate release: Summary: San Isabel Electric’s decision to partner with Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS) as a third-party election manager saves resources and keeps staff focused on [...]

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Uncovering the Secrets of Election Repsonse Rates

For immediate release: When member-based organizations talk about election efforts, it is inevitable that the conversation will turn to the issue of response rates. There is good reason [...]

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Cooperative Elections eBook

For immediate release: Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS), a leading provider of election management services, proudly announces the release of “Cooperative Election Best Practices” – a guide to [...]

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SBS Helps AOG Hit Election Target

For immediate release: Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS), a leading provider of election services and online voting software, proudly announces a 25% response rate for the Association of [...]

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SBS Sponsors Supermileage Vehicle

For immediate release: Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS), a leading provider of election services and online voting software, announces the sponsorship of Eden Prairie High School’s 2011 Supermileage [...]

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Online Voting Strategies eBook

For immediate release: One of the biggest challenges faced by professionals in member-based organizations is connecting with membership. Online voting has become a popular subject with associations, cooperatives, [...]

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Ballot Counting Becomes A Breeze

Read to learn how Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association in Fort Collins, Colo. streamlined its annual meeting and made voting easier for members

Read the article here: Rural Electric Magazine April 2011.

“Getting Out The Vote”

Survey & Ballot Systems explains how online voting and hybrid election methods can help boost response rates of condominium board elections. Click here to read the article from [...]

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SBS Manages Historic Vote for Minnesota Nurses

Contract Vote Authorizes the Largest Nursing Strike in U.S. History For Immediate Release: MINNEAPOLIS — June 2, 2010 — Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS), a leading provider of [...]

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SBS Highlights Election Management Services

Survey & Ballot Systems announces of its newly designed website and its focus on election services. For immediate release: Survey and Ballot Systems (SBS) announces the launch of [...]

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Survey & Ballot Concentrates on Elections, and on Profits

“We finally realized that consistent profit growth was more important than revenue growth,” Jon Westerhaus said. Click here to read the article on StarTribune.com.

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Online Voting Boosts Member Engagement

As more members of Dakota Electric Association in Farmington, Minn., turned to online bill payment, Margaret Schreiner, a board member, saw an opportunity. Click here to view the [...]

Read the article here: Rural Electric Magazine October 2009.

SBS Success Story

“The difference in the level of attention to detail between SBS and the other organization was day and night.”

Howard Prince, Director of Operations, MENSA

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