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Use cases

Eight common configurations. Each maps to one of the four anti-fraud presets plus the right voting method and auth combo. Pick the closest match and tune from there.

People's-choice & fan-vote awards

Award shows, magazines, sports leagues, music charts.

Open the floor to fans without inviting bot armies.

Methods: Single · Multi · Ranked (IRV) · Star
Auth: Email magic-link · CAPTCHA · IP cap
Preset: Public Award preset (email-verified, 1-per-IP, disposable-email block)
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What you get out of the box

Toggle anything you don't need.

  • Ranked-choice (IRV) for fairer winners
  • ML fraud detection — catches click-farms
  • Disposable-email + VPN/TOR blocking
  • Live leaderboard widget for sponsor pages
  • Cross-runs with Aclamos for nominations + judging upstream

Board & association elections

Member associations, professional societies, co-ops, mutuals.

Email + SMS OTP-verified balloting with a public verification chain.

Methods: IRV · Approval · Yes/No
Auth: Email + SMS OTP · CSV voter list
Preset: High-Integrity Election preset (email + phone OTP, TOR/VPN blocked, verification log on)
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What you get out of the box

Toggle anything you don't need.

  • Ranked-choice (IRV) for single-winner seats
  • Email + SMS OTP voter verification
  • Public verification chain (any member can audit)
  • CSV voter-list import (member-only audience)
  • Per-voter receipts (lmnry_receipt_*)

Fan votes & brand contests

Brands, sports teams, podcasts, creators.

Vote-as-many-times-as-you-want, but bots get blocked.

Methods: Single · Multi · Star
Auth: Anonymous + bot-blocking
Preset: Unlimited Fan Vote preset (no identity required, 30 votes/IP/min, CAPTCHA + headless block)
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What you get out of the box

Toggle anything you don't need.

  • Unlimited votes per voter — engagement marketing mode
  • Per-IP / per-device velocity caps
  • Headless-browser detection
  • Embed widget for landing pages
  • Real-time tally for stream overlays

HOA, condo & community votes

Homeowners associations, building boards, neighborhoods.

Replace the paper proxy and the awkward in-person counting.

Methods: Yes/No · Single · Multi · Approval
Auth: Email + SMS OTP · CSV voter list
Preset: High-Integrity Election preset
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What you get out of the box

Toggle anything you don't need.

  • CSV voter list (one-per-household enforcement via vote caps)
  • Multi-question ballots (slate + measures)
  • Email + SMS OTP for higher integrity
  • Public verification log

Student government & university

Higher-ed, student unions, faculty senates.

Where elections must be transparent and provably auditable.

Methods: IRV · Approval · Single
Auth: Email magic-link with domain restriction
Preset: High-Integrity Election preset + custom email-domain allowlist
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What you get out of the box

Toggle anything you don't need.

  • Public verification chain (anyone can re-walk)
  • Per-voter receipts so students can confirm without revealing choice
  • Email + university-domain restriction (allowlist)
  • Ranked-choice (IRV) for single-winner offices

Unions & labor

Trade unions, locals, employee associations.

Where the result decides who represents thousands of people.

Methods: Single · IRV · Yes/No
Auth: Member-ID via CSV + SMS OTP
Preset: High-Integrity Election preset
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What you get out of the box

Toggle anything you don't need.

  • Email + SMS OTP voter verification
  • CSV voter list, locked at deadline
  • Public verification chain
  • Per-voter receipts

Internal company votes

Companies running internal awards, polls, sentiment checks.

Quick polls without your IT team needing to host anything.

Methods: Single · Multi · Star
Auth: Logged-in Aclamos account · employee-only audience
Preset: Casual Poll preset
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What you get out of the box

Toggle anything you don't need.

  • Logged-in Aclamos account (employee-only audience)
  • Anonymous responses with verified audience
  • Webhook on close (route results to Slack via your own integration)

Civic & town hall

Towns, municipalities, citizen advisory votes.

Capture authentic resident sentiment with a defensible audit trail.

Methods: Single · Approval · Yes/No
Auth: Email magic-link · geofenced
Preset: Public Award preset (works for non-binding advisory polls)
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What you get out of the box

Toggle anything you don't need.

  • Geofence by ISO country (city-level geofence is roadmap)
  • Email magic-link verification
  • Public verification log of vote hashes
  • Free for advisory polls under the Starter plan limit

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