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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h3 data-id="this-is-how-to-carry-out-open-voting-and-receive-named-results">This is how to carry out open voting and receive named results</h3><h2 data-id="1.-booking-the-feature"><strong>1. Booking the feature</strong></h2><p>To activate the "Open Voting" feature for your election project, log in to the <a href="https://configure.polyas.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">POLYAS Online Election Manager</a> and open your voting project. Now click on the "Features" tab and book Open Voting. If the booking was successful, the "Feature added to shopping cart" note will appear at the bottom of the feature description. Now you can close the feature description.</p><p>During a Live Voting, you can use the POLYAS Live Voting Cockpit to decide whether to conduct each voting secretly or openly. The link to the Live Voting Cockpit can be found in the project overview in <a href="https://configure.polyas.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">POLYAS Online Voting Manager</a>.</p><p>If you use the feature with Online Voting, the entire election will be open. </p><p><strong>Caution</strong>: Voters should be informed well in advance about whether a Live Voting is conducted openly or secretly. If you conduct a voting, inform voters in advance that the entire election will be conducted openly. A notice to this effect is displayed during open voting. </p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/623JX9YH5H6J/en-screen-1.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/623JX9YH5H6J/en-screen-1.png" alt="book-open-vote.png" height="609" width="681" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="2.-the-difference-between-secret-and-open-voting"><strong>2. The difference between secret and open voting</strong></h2><p>In contrast to secret ballots, the completed ballot papers are not separated from the voter ID during counting. With open voting, the IDs and the votes cast are a package and are transparent in the results. As the organizer, you can decide in advance which voter attribute to define as the ID. For example, you can also define a membership number as an ID. Most eligible voters are unable to use this number to identify who cast any particular vote, but you, as the organizer, would be able to infer the identity of any specific person from the register of voters.</p><h3 data-id="-read-more-about-attributes-here."><a href="https://community.polyas.com/english/kb/articles/179-it-s-easy-to-create-your-electoral-roll-online" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">-> Read more about attributes here.</a></h3><p>In contrast, IDs are deleted for the counting of secret votes and only the votes cast are collected into a result. This means that not even POLYAS is able to infer the voting behavior of individuals.</p><h2 data-id="3.-holding-an-open-vote-in-the-live-voting-cockpit"><strong>3. Holding an open vote in the Live Voting Cockpit</strong></h2><p>When you start the voting in the POLYAS Live Voting Cockpit, a confirmation window is displayed. Here you can choose whether the vote conducted is</p><ul><li><strong>open / by roll-call</strong></li><li>or <strong>secret</strong></li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/DYHLIOECD8ED/en-screen-2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/DYHLIOECD8ED/en-screen-2.png" alt="hold-open-vote.png" height="465" width="573" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>If you choose open voting, your voters will see a notice above their ballot paper, which again informs them that the vote is open and that their vote can be linked to their person.</p><p>At the end of each voting, the <a href="https://configure.polyas.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">POLYAS Online Voting Manager</a> provides the results of this vote as a download. The downloaded Excel file with the results not only lists the votes per option, but also the associated IDs.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/2MJJZ9VBE18I/en-screen-3-281-29.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/2MJJZ9VBE18I/en-screen-3-281-29.png" alt="open-vote-confirmation.png" height="670" width="963" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p> </article> </main>
