Use cases
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.
What you get out of the box
Toggle anything you don't need.
- Ranked-choice (IRV) for fairer winners
- Throwaway-email list + cloud-provider IP blocking
- Cross-runs with Aclamos for nominations + judging upstream
Board & association elections
Member associations, professional societies, co-ops, mutuals.
Email-verified balloting with an optional public verification chain. Ballotis is built for polls and non-binding votes. It is not yet set up for elections that require ballot secrecy from the host.
What you get out of the box
Toggle anything you don't need.
- Ranked-choice (IRV) for single-winner seats
- Email magic-link voter verification
- Optional public verification chain (turn it on before voting opens)
- Per-voter receipts (bvr_…)
Fan votes & brand contests
Brands, sports teams, podcasts, creators.
Vote-as-many-times-as-you-want, but bots get blocked.
What you get out of the box
Toggle anything you don't need.
- Unlimited votes per voter — engagement marketing mode
- Per-IP rate limits
- User-agent screening
HOA, condo & community votes
Homeowners associations, building boards, neighborhoods.
Replace the paper proxy and the awkward in-person counting.
What you get out of the box
Toggle anything you don't need.
- Email magic-link voter verification
- Optional public verification log
Student government & university
Higher-ed, student unions, faculty senates.
Where elections must be transparent and provably auditable.
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
- Ranked-choice (IRV) for single-winner offices
Unions & labor
Trade unions, locals, employee associations.
Where the result decides who represents thousands of people.
What you get out of the box
Toggle anything you don't need.
- Email magic-link voter verification
- Optional public verification chain
- Per-voter receipts (when the chain is on)
Internal company votes
Companies running internal awards, polls, sentiment checks.
Quick polls without your IT team needing to host anything.
What you get out of the box
Toggle anything you don't need.
- Voters sign in with an Aclamos account
Civic & town hall
Towns, municipalities, citizen advisory votes.
Capture authentic resident sentiment with a defensible audit trail.
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
- Optional public verification page
- 14-day trial: set up polls free, no card needed; launching a vote needs an election license or a plan
Live audience events
Conferences, classrooms, all-hands, ceremonies, weddings, town halls, fan votes during a broadcast.
Jackbox-style join, Slido-grade polling, Kahoot-style quiz scoring — without the per-seat licensing.
What you get out of the box
Toggle anything you don't need.
- 4-digit room code + QR on the big screen — audience joins in three seconds
- Host drives the pace from /host/{CODE} on their phone
- Big-screen view at /present/{CODE}; OBS browser-source at /embed/{CODE}
- Quiz mode with Kahoot-style speed bonus + live leaderboard
- Aclamos audience-choice cue runs the vote live during the awards broadcast
Don't see your use case?
Tell us what you're trying to run. We'll either confirm a preset works or flag what's on the roadmap.