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BallotTrax is an award-winning, patent-pending system that tracks mail ballot envelopes through the postal stream to the final destination at the election division. Through the simple web application, voters set up notification preferences, including language, delivery method and best times to be contacted. Voters can choose from email, text, and voice messaging.
With tracking, reports, and branding customization, election officials have a valuable intelligent tool that simplifies and expedites the voting procedures while maximizing accountability and reducing operational costs. The unique tracking and communication system also builds voter confidence and turn-out in the vote-by-mail process.
The visibility benefit for counties and voters enables election offices to provide higher levels of customer service at a reduced administrative cost.
In 2009, the state of Colorado was exploring and evolving to an all-mail system of voting. The City and County of Denver wanted to make the switch easier for voters by providing a way to communicate with their vote -by-mail voters on the status of their ballot. Ballottrax was created to alert voters when their ballot was printed, mailed to them, mailed back the election office and most importantly that their ballot was accepted and counted. Of course, in the event a ballot was rejected, the voter needed to know that too. Quickly and efficiently so they could cure the problem. in 2012, with the blessing of the City, Ballottrax was redesigned and made available to counties and states nationwide.
Every election cycle, we learned something new about ballot tracking that we needed to design for. We continuously built new features and functionality to handle any exception. Today, we have a mature, patent-pending platform that is much more than a basic mail tracking tool. It is a complete, patent-pending vote-by-mail election management system that provides transparency and accountability to the entire process.
Providing visibility is the main benefit for voters. Once they sign up using our simple, secure page, voters are alerted at each stage of the ballot process; from printed to counted. But for election officials, the benefits are not only visibility but accountability and efficiency.
Our technology combines voter registration, USPS tracking, and election office data points allowing for real-time, custom ballot status messaging via email, text, or voice. Election officials can also send custom reminders about upcoming or active elections to prompt voters to send in their ballots or cure rejected ones.
Providing visibility is the main benefit for voters. Once they sign up using our simple, secure page, voters are alerted at each stage of the ballot process; from printed to counted. But for election officials, the benefits are not only visibility but accountability and efficiency.
Our technology combines voter registration, USPS tracking, and election office data points allowing for real-time, custom ballot status messaging via email, text, or voice. Election officials can also send custom reminders about upcoming or active elections to prompt voters to send in their ballots or cure rejected ones.
The Administrative Dashboard offers at a glance all the real-time data necessary to make informed decisions on managing each election. By combining voter registration data, we are able to visualize statistics at the state or county level or both:
A deeper dive into the administrative tools shows similar stats down to the zip or precinct level providing unequaled visibility to issues that could effect any election. Issues such as ballots stuck in an outbound or inbound status due to USPS or other delay. Ballot status data also shows when ballots can be expected at the election office helping officials better plan resources for more efficient operations.
The BallotTrax platform can be used for year round opted-in citizen communications in 14 languages and the visibility that Ballottrax provides virtually eliminates the possibility for ballot fraud. Since we track the envelopes and not the ballots themselves, voter secrecy stays intact. If a voter decides to vote in person and surrender their mail ballot, they get an alert. If they drop their ballot off in a drop box, they get an alert. If they forget to sign their ballot, they get an alert. All of these communications enhance the voter experience, confidence and gives voters peace-of-mind that their vote counts.
Tracking reports show exact mail-in ballot location throughout the ENTIRE process.
Patent-pending technology with more than six years of proven success.
Communicate simply and quickly with voters when it matters the most (ie, rejections, mismatched signatures).
Near real-time reporting allows for mail delivery audits and mail-in ballot processing, increasing vendor accountability.
Notifications enable forecasting and planning to help reduce staffing costs, inbound calls, and improve customer service.
Reminders, updates and notifications boost voter turnout and confidence.
Multi-language capabilities ensure you’re communicating with all eligible voters. Voters with no internet access and people with disabilities can also be reached through direct messaging methods.
Send customized messages to any voter subset, specific and flexible to the issues of that group. For example, reminders to those voters hat have not yet returned their ballot for counting.
County can customize and brand the application and outgoing messages through the simple administration interface.
Today’s voters use mobile devices to communicate, express opinion, gather information and now – to make an impact. TXT2VOTE is a patented election platform that provides the most convenient, highly secure, mobile device voting and registration system – engineered for our digital era. From federal elections to school board initiatives – no matter the industry or audience – ETP delivers a platform with unequaled levels of security.
Election Technology Partners has developed the most dynamic, highly secure, proprietary system to ensure voters are free to cast their ballots via text technology, with the ultimate confidence and certainty. It is not Blockchain technology nor does it require an APP that you have to download. The patented process includes eight security steps and three-factor authentication all on a mobile device.
Txt2Vote was award two patents for this innovative technology.
US Patents: 10,187,372 & 10,027,647
The first step in any voting process is getting registered. What once required a trip to City Hall or local polling place may now be done on a phone or a click of a mouse. The National Voter Registration Act of 1993, also known as the Motor Voter Act, provides individuals with the opportunity to register to vote at the same time that they apply for a driver’s license. More recently, election day registration, pre-registration of youth and online registration have become the norm. 39 states now allow online voter registration through a website or even a mobile app.
Our Txt2Register technology was developed to simplify the process even further. Citizens can text their two letter, state abbreviation code to 2VOTE and receive a direct link to the online voter registration site in participating states. This direct link avoids third party voter registration organizations that collect data and then pass it along to the local election officials to complete the registration.
Communicating with election officials can often be a challenge. Clerks and county and state administrators are very busy, especially during an active election. Our platform is designed to streamline these communications through text technology. Voters can text questions, concerns, or comments directly to the election office … any time, any place. The election office can then respond in real-time or when it is most convenient and provide another positive voter experience. These communications can also be tracked and reported as needed to further enhance election management at every level.
American citizens are always watching out to protect the legitimacy of every election. There is room for improvement in identifying, promoting, and exercising channels for communicating key information when it comes to reporting suspicious activity around elections. Secure2Vote gives voters a way to easily communicate any concerns they have about any part of the election process by directly texting the local election office.
Election officials can respond to security alerts as needed in real-time or when it is appropriate or convenient for non-emergent reports. it is important that all citizens feel that every election has been conducted with integrity and honest principles, boosting voter confidence and participation.
BallotTrax has the ability to alert voters as soon as their ballot has been rejected for any reason. This is a critical feature so the voter has time to cure the ballot before the election closes.
Once a voter is alerted that their ballot has been rejected, they can act on curing the ballot in two ways: visit their election office, provide ID and confirm ballot; use ETPs secure Signature Cure technology.
One of the most frustrating experiences for voters is to take the time to vote-by-mail and then find out something is wrong with their ballot. The most common problems with vote-by-mail ballots are the signatures; either voters forget to sign or the signature doesn’t match the records. Signature verification is a very important process to keep the VBM process secure and free from fraud. So if a signature doesn’t look right, then the signature cure process begins. In many states and by law, election officials will send a letter to the effected voter and an invitation to come to the election office to verify the ballot. That works great, but if a trip to the election office is not possible or desirable then SigCure provides another way to verify right on a mobile device. No special trip, no postage, and no hassle.
This mobile platform provides the ultimate ease-of-use for both election officials and voters. Whether you are voting as an HOA member, school representative, or in an official State or County election, SigCure is a quick and convenient way to complete the vote-by-mail ballot process.