How Balotly Works

Setting up an election on Balotly is completed in three main phases:

• Setup Wizard: Input name, choose your pricing tier, and configure credentials.
• Checkout Payment: Active plans are funded securely using the currency selected.
• Sandbox Drafting: Configure positions, candidate bios, slogans, and upload voter lists directly in the dashboard before launching.

Choose the voter enrollment model that fits your organization:

• Mode 1 (Pre-Authorized Roster): Upload voter contact lists. Single-use tokens are dispatched via Email or WhatsApp when voting begins.
• Mode 2 (Voter Account Profiles): Voters register themselves online, set a password, and wait for manager approval. Approved voters log in and vote directly.

Our core database architecture separates identity from ballot records:

• Voter token records or profile login rows are stored in a dedicated registration domain.
• Casting a ballot updates the voter entry to mark `has_voted = true`, but inserts the choices into an isolated ballots table with zero foreign keys linking back to the voter.

Every submitted vote generates a unique receipt code shown once to the voter:

• Voters copy and store their receipt code.
• Once results are published, the public election overview page allows pasting receipt codes to confirm the vote was successfully tallied in the final results ledger.