How to configure a Live Conference election
To get started with setting up your election, you must first edit the configuration of the election.
Click on “Configuration” in the left-hand side menu of the election page.
A new menu appears with a list of configurations.
Note that not all of these configurations you can see in the menu may not be necessary to set up your election.
Language, title, and description
Start by setting up the language, title, and description of the election.
Under the “Main” section, you can see the language and title configurations which you already set up when you created the election. It is from here that you can edit any of them at a later point.
Now, you should add a description for the election event.
Click on “Description.”
Type in the text: “Information about the election.”
Click “Update configuration” to save the changes.
You will later see the description appear on the frontend of the election when you preview it.
Status
Next, you will need to set a status for the election.
Click on “Status”.
For this example, leave the election status as “Open.”
An election can have three statuses: “Open,” “Closed,” and “Scheduled” (the last status is not applicable to Live Conference election events).
Election Codes
Scroll down to the “Election Codes” section in the menu. Here, you can choose the number of election codes your election will use. You can also choose how you would like to label each code on the election front page so that voters know where to type which credential.
Under “Amount of election codes,” set the election codes to “2.”
Click on “Update configuration” to save the changes.
Click on “Election code 1 label” and enter the text “Username.”
This election code will be auto generated by the election system when importing the voters at a later point and is unique for each voter.
Click on “Update configuration” to save the changes.
Now, click on “Election code 2 label” and enter the text “Password.”
This election code will be provided by you and uploaded to the system at a later point.
Click on “Update configuration” to save the changes.
Theme
Scroll down to the “Theme” section, where you can choose a color and upload a logo to personalize the election to match your organization’s brand.
Click on “Color” and choose your desired color (you can choose a color by either clicking on it or by typing the color code in hex format, e.g. #244FA5).
Click on “Update configuration” to save the changes.
Click on “Logo,” choose the logo file (use a .png or a .jpg file):
, and save the changes by clicking “Update Configuration.”
Click on “Login background,” select the option “Background from gallery” from the dropdown menu, and choose an image from the available selection.
Following theme selection, you should review your recent changes to the configurations.
Click on the “Frontend” button in the lower left corner under the sections. A menu will appear.
Click on “Voting frontend” to open up the election front page. This is the page the voter will land on when they get access to the election system. If you have followed the above instructions, the page should look like this:
You now have the essential configurations needed to continue setting up your first election!
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