Some organizations use DirectVoteLive once or twice, for votes during an annual meeting or something of that nature; some organizations use it as the primary voting tool for regular business meetings and operating decisions. The platform allows you to easily designate others in your organization, like a committee chair, to form their own groups and privately administer separate votes.

Whether an organization uses DirectVoteLive for one vote per year or a hundred, the important thing is that organization has the ability to quickly take a vote, reach a decision and document the outcome. The platform builds confidence into every step of that process.

Yes, of course. As a software-as-a-service platform, there are no limits to how many organizations can use it at any given time.

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DirectVoteLive provides complete storage of all records related to an organization’s votes: meeting agendas, background documents that may be uploaded, quorum status, timestamps of votes and key steps in the process, lists of votes and meeting participants and detailed results. All of these records are available on-demand for download and use however you want. DirectVoteLive is your digital file cabinet; whatever you need is there any time you need it.

Yes. Results are tabulated within DirectVoteLive meetings in real time. If voters wish to access results after a vote takes place, they would need to reference their initial meeting invite email they received for that particular vote or meeting to access results. The only way a particular vote outcome would be unavailable would be if you chose to keep that information private and configured the vote accordingly.

There are no user names or passwords for voters to remember. As long as they have their meeting invite, and the personalized link within that, they’re all set. Meeting administrators can send as many meeting invitations as they need to before or during a meeting.

DirectVoteLive provides a standard structure to setting up and conducting votes. Simply add your voting items, any web conference information, meeting documents, add the attendees, and you’re all set.

There also is a standard structure for warehousing supporting documents and results. To access them, click into your meetings and you’ll be able to access anything you need. This takes all the guesswork out of it from one meeting or vote to the next.

With this level of continuity and consistency, organizations and voters alike will see that you take your decisions and mission seriously and care about the integrity of your process.

We don’t recommend it for several reasons:

1. Email is inherently less secure than DirectVoteLive, which features end-to-end encryption.
2. It requires both the voter and the meeting administrator to keep records of email responses in addition to votes cast on the platform. It’s administrative work that is avoidable and unnecessary.
3. It requires more time and effort than the standard DirectVoteLive voting process.

Administrators always will know exactly how a particular vote is proceeding, as their meeting dashboard will update in real time. If a voter is running out of time to cast their ballot, administrators can easily send them a direct text or email.

Because of the automated process and simple interface, there’s no need for a voter to email a meeting administrator or the entire participant list for a status update. They’ll always have the information they need to make their decision properly.

Yes, absolutely. If that’s required for your vote, simply enable the anonymous vote setting within in the meeting set-up section of DirectVoteLive.

It’s easy to access an individual participant and assign them more votes or more weight, by adjusting the allocated votes from one to as many as they are allowed.

Yes. Meeting administrators have the ability to amend or change participants within the Attendees tab of DirectVoteLive.

Yes. Administrators have the ability to specify exact vote parameters at any time.

Across the board, voters and administrators have raved that DirectVoteLive is one of the easiest technology platforms to use that they’ve ever seen. We anticipate your experience with it will be stress-free and enjoyable. If you ever wish to tell us more about your experience, or have ideas on how we can make the platform better, we hope you’ll send us your feedback via the Suggestions page of DirectVoteLive.

For organizations that wish to use DirectVoteLive to administer their votes, there are several options. It’s possible to pay for one-time use if your needs are more finite, or there are subscription packages available starting at $49/month (with annual subscription) for organizations who wish to use it on a more regular basis.

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DirectVoteLive stands alone in the market because of its comprehensive feature set and remarkable ease of use. Still, pricing options compare favorably to other board management software.

From top to bottom, DirectVoteLive integrates several industry-leading compliance and security features, some of which have been at the core of SBS’ election products and systems for decades. These include: end-to-end encryption; Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption to further secure data; an enterprise co-located data center with proper security and redundancy; and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance.

All administrators and voters can have confidence in the integrity of their meeting and vote.

Yes, to upgrade or downgrade your DirectVoteLive subscription login to my account click Subscriptions, Modify Subscription, select the new plan from drop down menu, then select Switch Subscription.

As a data processor, we are committed to adhering with the GDPR. For more details visit our Privacy Policy and DirectVoteLive Terms of Use.

Meetings can have an unlimited number of documents and or files for voters to review. Each file can be up to 15 MB. Acceptable file types include .pdf, .xls, .xlsx, .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx.