GroupDecision.com - secure online ballot process

The coordinators details
Your Name	When the voters get an email, they need to know who sent it.
Admin Password	Keep this safe as it will allow you to administer this ballot.
Confirm Password
Your Email
Confirm Email	* see privacy note below

general ballot information
Decision Subject/Title	eg: where do you want to have dinner on Saturday night? or Presidential Election for Watsamatta Bowling Club.
Decision Description	...provide a detailed description of the ballot / election (1000 characters maximum). This will serve as the start to the body of the email being sent to the voters.
Date/Time Poll Closes	d m y @ h m (at least 20mins from now, and no more than 3 months)

choose the type of ballot

	Proposition - Yes/No	explain
	In a Yes/No ballot the possible responses to the question can be yes or no. A proposition needs to have a "yes" vote of greater than 50% to be accepted.
	Proposition - Yes/No/Abstain	explain
	A proposition needs to have a "yes" vote of greater than 50% to be accepted. This ballot allows a voter to abstain from a central Yes / No style of proposition. Abstension are not used in the calculation of the result, which means that for the proposition to pass there still needs to be more "yes" votes than "no" votes.
	Proposition - Yes/No/ with Concensus Rules	explain
	This is a simple "Yes" or "No" proposition, with different words used to highlight a point. The use of "Concensus Rules" (also known as "Veto" or "No Vote") allows voters to BLOCK the "Yes" vote. This is done when a voter selects the "Block Concensus" Checkbox on the voting form.
	First Past the Post	explain
	In this option, you (the election coordinator) choose the possible voting options. The voter can choose only ONE option from the list of options. Votes are tallied for each option. The option with the highest number of votes is declared the winner.
	Preferential Voting ( IRV, STV, Hare-Clark)	explain
	You (the election coordinator) choose the options to vote on. The voters then preferences these options in order from 1 to 'n' in order of priority (where 'n' is the total number of options available). A number 1 indicates a primary preference (the most prefered). The counting process involves Eliminating and Electing (if more than one option is to be chosen) options using a Quota (proportion of total votes). The counting procedure for a Quota Preferencial Election is quite complex, and basically you need to know that when your vote is transferred it does so at its full value, unless it has been used to 'help' elect a candidate, in which case only the 'value not used' is transferred to the next prefered candidate.
	Preferential Voting with Concensus Rules	explain
	You (the election coordinator) choose the options to vote on. The voters then preferences these options in order from 1 to 'n' in order of priority (where 'n' is the total number of options available). A number 1 indicates a primary preference (the most prefered). The counting process involves Eliminating and Electing (if more than one option is to be chosen) options using a Quota (proportion of total votes).

* Privacy.

Whilst this online voting system does require the use of emails, we promise that under no circumstances will the emails you provide be sold or used in any other context other than to run the election. After the close of the election, we wont even be using it to inform you about changes to this site. One week after the close of the election all details will be removed to allow room in the database. You see... we understand that actually we are not that important. If you want to use us again then you will. The best thing we can do is make a good site.
Would that everyone did this....