Elections, Ballots and Referendums

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Electoral Reform Services is the UK’s leading independent ballot supervisor and expert in the administration of postal, electronic, telephone and SMS voting.

We have the largest in-house resources of any electoral or ballot supervisor in the UK, guaranteeing a secure and well co-ordinated service from start to finish. We design, print and mail (or email) ballot papers from our own Election Centre, protecting the security of every vote. We offer a choice of postal, internet, telephone and SMS voting, available in multiple languages and accessible from anywhere in the world. Our client advisers ensure the ballot is smoothly run, with clients receiving expert guidance at every stage of the election process. Finally, we provide our clients with an independent scrutineer’s report, ensuring the ballot results are accepted by all parties.

Our UK and international ballot services include:

• advising on electoral systems, candidate nomination and balloting procedures, timetables and good electoral practice;
• designing election material;
• assisting with drafting of ballot rules and related constitutional paragraphs, as well as with the format and wording of referendum questions;
• ensuring compliance with current legislation;
• helping with the prevention of electoral fraud;
• attending committee meetings, steering groups and working parties concerned with the election;
• managing the actual election or ballot process and solving any unforeseen problems that may arise;
• an optional in-house, fully interactive 24-hour internet voting system and freephone telephone service;
• handling the planning, implementation and scrutineering of votes at AGMs and conferences;
• the use of SMARTvote™, electronic hand held voting devices, and
• vote counting services to ensure the election is not only conducted fairly, but that it is seen to be.

Although we can manage every part of your nomination and ballot process, there is no requirement to hand over the entire project to us. Our solution is highly flexible, providing total project management for ballots and elections on any scale or simply covering specific tasks you wish to outsource.

If you are interested in a particular type of election, please click here to browse our specific services by organisation type.

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