Polls and surveys
Not every decision needs a formal election. Often a quick poll, a survey or a show of hands in a video call is enough. This section compares the tools and explains how to ask questions that produce answers you can actually use.
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In this section
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How to Create an Anonymous Poll: Steps and Pitfalls
How to create a truly anonymous poll: anonymous versus confidential, settings that matter, traps such as IP addresses and small groups, and a checklist.
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Live Polling Tools for Meetings: Mentimeter, Slido & More
Live polling tools for meetings and events compared: Mentimeter, Slido and alternatives, free-tier limits, anonymity and why they are not for binding elections.
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Scheduling Polls: Doodle and the Best Alternatives
How scheduling polls work, what Doodle's free plan covers, open-source and privacy-friendly Doodle alternatives, and tips for finding a meeting date faster.
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Survey Tools Compared: Jotform, Typeform, Tally & More
Survey tools compared: Jotform, Typeform, SurveyMonkey, Tally, LamaPoll and LimeSurvey on free tiers, anonymity, GDPR and hosting, logic and export.
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Writing Clear Ballot and Poll Questions: Rules and Examples
How to write clear, neutral ballot and poll questions: one issue per question, balanced options, no leading wording, with before-and-after examples.
Other sections
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Online voting for organisations
How to run an online vote or election in a club, association, owners' association or company: process, ballot secrecy, meetings and software compared.
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Voting methods explained
Simple and qualified majorities, quorum, ranked-choice, approval and score voting, proxies and postal votes, and the double majority, explained with worked examples.
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Referendums and direct democracy
What referendums, initiatives and citizens' assemblies are, how they work across Europe, the history of EU treaty referendums and the European Citizens' Initiative.