Success Story: SMECO

Client Profile:

SMECO is a rural electric cooperative providing electrical distribution and service to approximately 150,000 residential and commercial customers in the Southern Maryland geographic area.

Client Challenge:

Prior to working with SBS, we conducted our elections using a local county’s voting machines. A few years ago, the county changed their machines and we looked into using the state’s machines. We found ourselves dealing with too much “red tape,” and we began looking for a way to simplify and streamline our voting process.

SBS Solution:

After receiving bids from several election management companies, we selected SBS as our election partner. We have worked with them on our annual meeting elections since 2007 and have been extremely impressed with their professionalism, attention to detail, and follow-through. Since 2009, we’ve held our annual meetings at the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs Stadium, the home of a minor league baseball team in Waldorf, Maryland. First, SBS collected and tallied all of the absentee mail-in ballots. They were on site for the entire event doing everything we asked of them and more!

Upon their recommendation, we used scan-able ballots. SBS provided the scanners, which were used to quickly tabulate the votes so that we could announce the results prior to the end of the meeting. The whole SBS team was very cordial and attentive to our needs. Their efficiency allowed us to focus our energy on other parts of the event, knowing that the election process was in capable hands!

“We had a wonderful SBS experience and would highly recommend them to others in search of an election management partner.” ~ Elaine McConkey, Finance and Accounting Manager, Hughesville, MD