How It Works
Enhanced Ballot is a state-of-the-art electronic ballot delivery solution for states and localities. It offers near-seamless integration with ballots and voters to support quick setup and deployment. No matter where they are, voters can access their precinct-specific ballot on Enhanced Ballot to mark and download it, using jurisdiction-specific instructions to properly return the ballot. Plus, Enhanced Ballot is fully accessible to voters using assistive technologies like screen readers, screen magnifiers, speech input software, and more.
Quick & Secure Military Ballot Delivery
Enhanced Ballot is a proven solution for military and civilian overseas voters, in full compliance with the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) of 1986 and Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act of 2009. It is currently used statewide in Oklahoma and Virginia.
Enhanced Ballot voters can access their ballot, receive their precinct-specific ballot and return documents, and vote—all from anywhere in the world.
Universal Ballot Access
Enhanced Ballot is a fully accessible vote-by-mail solution for voters with disabilities. That means full comparability with personal assistive devices and screen readers—without sacrificing voter privacy and security. Enhanced Ballot has been used to provide accessible ballots to voters statewide in New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Virginia, Illinois, and is certified statewide in Ohio, with adoption by 18 counties.
Enhanced Ballot is WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 compliant, making it compatible with many personal assistive devices. It also provides built-in means to increase font-size and alter contrast ratios for voters with impaired sight.
Language Support
Enhanced Ballot can support any number of languages. If a jurisdiction provides translations for the ballot data, their voters can select the language on the top menu and the selection will carry through the entire ballot marking to ballot download.
Easy Setup
Enhanced Ballot is easy to configure and implement, with the flexibility to manage elections, voters, emails, and other settings. In some cases, entire states were deployed and configured in a single week.
Easy Election & Voter Administration
Enhanced Ballot’s administration portal allows one-click election creation and voter import. Election administrators can use the portal to manage elections, voters, emails, and other settings, as well as monitor data on voter logins and ballot downloads.
Dashboards & Reporting
Enhanced Ballot is easy to configure and implement, with the flexibility to manage elections, voters, emails, and other settings. In some cases, entire states were deployed and configured in a single week.
Complete Security
Enhanced Ballot is regularly tested by leading security experts to ensure adherence to the latest cybersecurity best practices:
- Secure hosting with Microsoft Azure Cloud
- Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF)
- Encrypted network traffic
- Encrypted database
- Role-based access control
- Database auditing and threat detection
- Nightly backups
- 24/7 security monitoring
Custom Email Notifications
Election officials can send customized emails to voters, notifying them when they become eligible to cast a ballot through the system. Drafts are composed using a WYSIWYG editor, with the flexibility to customize content for specific voters based on any available data point.
