What does an example of a ballot-paper configuration look like? -
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>The <a href="https://configure.polyas.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">POLYAS Online Voting Manager</a> offers you a variety of configuration options for creating ballot papers. Here we use two sample configurations to explain what they mean and how the voting process is reflected in your result files.</p><h3 data-id="read-here-about-how-ballot-papers-are-configured"><a href="https://community.polyas.com/english/kb/articles/783-how-are-votes-configured-on-the-ballot-paper" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Read here about how ballot papers are configured ></a></h3><h2 data-id="example-1%3A-default-configuration-in-the-online-voting-manager">Example 1: Default configuration in the Online Voting Manager</h2><p>The default configuration in the <a href="https://configure.polyas.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">POLYAS Online Voting Manager</a> provides the following settings:</p><ul><li>Allow invalid ballot: enabled</li><li>Minimum votes: 0</li><li>Maximum votes: 1</li><li>Allow too many votes to be cast: enabled</li><li>Allow too few votes to be cast: enabled</li><li>Allow abstention: disabled</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/M6E3Q1BYK083/en-konf-1.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/M6E3Q1BYK083/en-konf-1.png" alt="Example 1: Default configuration" height="743" width="634" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>For your voters, this means that they can cast 0 or 1 vote to submit a valid ballot. However, exceeding the maximum number of votes is still allowed according to the electoral rules. If the voters submit 2 votes, they can submit the ballot, but it would be considered invalid.</p><h3 data-id="read-more-about-submitting-too-many-or-too-few-votes-here"><a href="https://community.polyas.com/english/kb/articles/784-what-are-the-advanced-voting-options-and-how-are-they-configured" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Read more about submitting too many or too few votes here ></a></h3><p>If voters cast 0 votes in this example, the ballot paper is noted as valid and blank in the result, since 0 votes were allowed according to the electoral rules.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/XB1ASY6EXYX5/ergebnis-konf-1.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/XB1ASY6EXYX5/ergebnis-konf-1.png" alt="Results example 1" height="354" width="686" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="example-2%3A-minimum-votes-1">Example 2: Minimum votes > 1</h2><p>In this example, all other options of the ballot rules are disabled, including the abstention. The minimum number of votes was set to 1 and voters are “forced” to cast a vote. </p><ul><li>Allow invalid ballot: disabled</li><li>Minimum votes: 1</li><li>Maximum votes: 3</li><li>Allow too many votes to be cast: disabled</li><li>Allow too few votes to be cast: disabled</li><li>Allow abstention: disabled</li></ul><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/OX10T5A8LJ5P/en-konf-2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/OX10T5A8LJ5P/en-konf-2.png" alt="Example 2: Minimum votes > 1" height="733" width="636" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>In this example, voters who do not vote cannot submit a valid vote. In this case, the voter must correct the vote, since too many and too few votes were also prohibited for a valid vote.</p><p>If the voter casts 1, 2 or 3 votes, the ballot paper would be shown in the results file as follows:</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-medium float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/RY5JTWCQV7MX/ergebnis-konf-2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6034140/uploads/RY5JTWCQV7MX/ergebnis-konf-2.png" alt="Result example 2" height="382" width="714" loading="lazy" data-display-size="medium" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p><br></p> </article> </main>
