There is no better way to learn about a new idea than to try it!

 

 

BetterVoting is a project of the Equal Vote Coalition that focuses on real world implementation for STAR Voting and other top-tier voting methods.

Whether you are looking to host a casual poll, a small scale organizational election or vote, or a high-stakes election with gold standard level security, auditability, and credentialing we have a solution.

Hosting your own election with STAR Voting is free and easy. If you'd rather we do the heavy lifting for you that's also available, with options for every budget and scenario.

 

All proceeds from BetterVoting go directly to support research, education, and outreach efforts for STAR Voting via our our 501c3 non-profit the Equal Vote Coalition. That means that adopting STAR Voting in the private sector directly funds our efforts to adopt STAR Voting for real governmental elections!

 

What election tools should I use?

 

  Casual Poll Secure Election
Paper Ballot Use our template to create ballots and tally by hand Use our template to create ballots. For tabulation, tally by hand, or use the STAR Election Google Sheet.
Online election Use BetterVoting Use BetterVoting or Google Forms to run a STAR election



There are a number of platforms that now support STAR voting as an add-on. 

  • Our own web-app, BetterVoting.com offers a professional, open-sourced option that's a great choice for everything from causal polls to high stakes elections. 
  • On Google Forms, download the "STAR Voting Elections" add-on. 
  • The STAR Election Google Sheet is a simple spreadsheet that can tally a STAR election. 
  • In Slack and Microsoft Teams the Accord app supports STAR Voting and other options. 
  • Any polling or voting tool that allows you to rate candidates from 0-5 can be used to run a STAR Election and then ballots can be tallied separately. 
  • ...more platforms coming soon!


Case Studies

A number of organizations use STAR Voting for their elections. Take a look at our case studies here.

If you've used STAR Voting for a poll or election please let us know. Send us a short quote about your experience, write up a paragraph or two describing the election, the details, and the results, or send us a full blown case study with photos. We feature real world applications of STAR in our email blasts, on our websites, and when STAR is used for elections we try to collect the (anonymized) ballot data to add to our studies on voter behavior. Send your case study or quote to: [email protected]