Online Voting In Cooperative Housing Societies

Experience in Managing Elections Across the Country

Right2Vote has successfully conducted elections for several housing societies across India.

Feature-Rich Online Voting Platform

Our platform offers numerous features tailored to society elections:

• Secret ballot
• Audit trail
• Voter receipts
• Result post poll close
• Team elections
• Multiple post in single poll
• Candidate picture on the ballot

Security Features

• End-to-end encryption
• Otp-based login
• Two-factor authentication
• Geo tagging
• Voter selfie
• Unique IP address

Ease of Use Features

• Vote via website, app (iOS/Android)
• OTP based login
• Individual personalized invite and reminders
• Voting from anywhere in less than a minute
• Automated counting and instant result in PDF and excel format

Charges

Right2Vote eVoting software is also very cost effective. The charges starts from Rs. 10,000 only for up to 200 voters, plus Rs. 25 for each voter above 200 voters. Please contact Right2Vote team at Contact@right2vote.in for more details.

Use Cases

The Right2Vote's online voting solution specializes in election management but it is also very useful for:

• Voting on resolutions in Annual General Meeting (AGM)
• Voting on other resolutions in Extra-ordinary General Meeting (EGM) and monthly meetings
• Voting in cases of disagreements and disputes
• Election of Committee Members

FAQs

1. Is online voting allowed as per Indian laws/ state laws?

   As per model bylaws provided in Cooperative housing society Act which has been adopted by most states, voting is compulsory at regular intervals. It does not mention whether voting needs to be via paper or online. Hence both the methods are permitted and there is no restriction on paper or online voting.

   Many states including Maharashtra have specifically advised housing societies to opt for online voting to ensure that homeowners who are not resident in the society are also able to vote. Also, due to COVID and social distancing requirements, most governments and cooperative commissions are asking housing society managements to opt for online voting.

   The State Cooperative Election Authority (SCEA) of Maharashtra has also approved fund to create eVoting website for Housing society election. Recently the West Bengal high court ruled that online voting in housing societies is allowed through the Government of India approved eVoting agencies.

   The Government of India recognizes online voting as an important empowerment tool and has made it mandatory under certain Acts including The Companies Act. Government has made it mandatory for companies to provide online voting options to shareholders to empower small shareholders. The Government of India has also recognized Right2Vote as the approved online voting agency.

   

2. Housing societies are regulated by central government or state government?

   Cooperative society is a state subject. Housing societies come under regulation of respective state governments. Most state governments have created a cooperative commission to regulate the cooperatives. Most state governments have adopted the model Cooperative Housing Society Act which is more or less similar.

   

3. What is the meaning of voting in person'?

   Most of the standard bye laws of the housing society provides that voter need to vote in person'. This means that the voter is not allowed to vote via proxy. Vote in person' should not be confused with paper voting at booth. The requirement is that voter should vote himself and not allow anybody else to vote on his behalf. If the voter votes himself via mobile or computer, that also is vote in person'.

   

4. Is voting by post allowed?

   Most of the model bylaws allows vote via post also. This means the makers of model bylaws wanted to ensure right to vote to voters who are not resident in the society. This shows remote voting was always allowed and the objective was to ensure maximum participation.

5. What is Secret ballot?

   Most bylaws provide for secret ballot. This is to avoid any kind of coercion. Secret Ballot means that individual voters vote preference is not known to anybody including the election committee. The election committee only gets the vote count of each candidate.

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