CouncilARS™ - New e-voting for Governments, County Councils, Town Hall meetings and AGMs

DIGITALISE YOUR TOWN, CITY OR REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETINGS NOW!

Are you tired of dealing with the time-consuming formalities of outdated paper ballots and voting process? Or, do you still use a show of hands? Then change now to the Council Audience Response System (CouncilARS™). The new fully automated, simple and efficient e-voting system.

CouncilARS™ HYBRID. ONLINE, OFFLINE OR BOTH: WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!

CouncilARS™

The CouncilARS™ package is fast, legally compliant and fully transparent.

Let CouncilARS™ take care of your voting processes so you can concentrate on your guests and speakers, and content of your reports and agenda items.

Special offer - 10% discount on your first time hire (all hires)

Reply Interact Plus

Reply Interact

Reply Interact Mini

Voting keypads – For in person attendees

Any of the keypads in the Reply Interact range are suitable for CouncilARS in-person voting. In the LCD display of the keypad, the user can always see confirmation of their vote and what vote they have entered (e.g. “Y” for Yes, “N” for No or “A” for Abstain).

In CouncilARS™ the results of the vote are displayed either secretly or openly immediately following the close of the vote.

The NEW CouncilARS™ Hybrid – For use with physical keypads and/or smart devices

REPLY® BYOPAD™

Virtual voting device for smartphones or other smart devices.

The Reply® Byopad™ (Bring Your Own Pad) represents a virtual Reply® Interact Keypad on the screen of a smart device, so that the smart device looks exactly like a real keypad.

As with a real keypad, the participant simply clicks on the number of the answer option he/she has chosen and then clicks on the OK button to submit his/her vote (picture on the left).

Alternatively, by selecting the Yes/No/Abstain mode, the buttons are labelled and colour-coded to facilitate and clarify the yes/no/abstain vote (picture on the right).

REPLY® BYOPAD™ Live Display Mode

The Reply® BYOPAD™ displays the questions and options for the participants directly on their smart device in live display mode. The participant simply clicks on the answer option they have chosen and then clicks on the Submit button to submit their vote.

CHOOSE BETWEEN PHYSICAL OR VIRTUAL VOTING DEVICES OR COMBINE THEM FOR A SEAMLESS HYBRID SOLUTION.

 

  • CouncilARS™ Standard is for physical keypads only.
  • CouncilARS™ Hybrid can be purchased for smartphones only OR for a combination of keypads and smartphones.

AVOID THE CONFUSION, DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TRADITIONAL VOTING METHODS AND SWITCH TO A SIMPLE, CLEAN, EFFICIENT AND FULLY AUTOMATED VOTING SYSTEM.

E-voting, i.e. the digitalisation of voting processes in local government, has rapidly gained acceptance in recent years. Many city and municipal councils, for example, have recognised the time-saving, efficiency and cost benefits of abandoning the traditional, often time-consuming or inaccurate methods of the show of hands or paper ballots and protocols in favour of dedicated voting devices.

Thanks to a highly secured hardware transmission and software adapted to every detail of your constitution, CouncilARS™ ensures the smooth handling of your voting procedures. Crowd Insight would be happy to convince your members as well!

CouncilARS™ in operation

Screenshot of a vote just opened. The 20 pre-named delegates can vote Yes, No or Abstain on whether they approve of extending a road to 4 lanes


THE KEY FUNCTIONS:

  • Overview of the attendees

  • Voting modes selectable:

  • Motion Yes/No

  • Motion Yes/No/Abstain

  • Presence Check

  • Single Selection of up to 5 Options

Screenshot showing all 20 delegates have cast their vote. Once their vote is cast, their names are highlighted grey.


  • Voting Type Selectable – either Open or Secret

  • One slide per agenda item

  • See all motions in a list

  • Easily transfer resolutions/ topics from SessionNet (Somacos)

  • Now available with Reply® Byopad™ (Optional extra)

  • Customisable Templates (Optional extra)

Screenshot of post vote data. It shows how everyone voted and a summary bar graph

CouncilARS™ also includes the option for secret and non-roll call voting where delegates can see that they voted but not how they voted.

All votes, results and important actions taken in CouncilARS™ are automatically logged in a printable text file and an optional PDF.

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