Online Voting Technology for Cooperative Housing Societies

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In India, there are more than 10 lakh cooperative housing societies. Every 1–3 years, each society holds elections depending on the state and governing Cooperative Society Act to democratically elect members who manage the societies. These societies are related to states only and come under the regulation of respective state governments. These societies are referred to by various names including, Cooperative Housing Society (CHS) / Association of Residents (AOR) / Association of Homeowners (AOH) / Apartment owners Association (AOA) / Housing Society / Resident’s Welfare Association (RWA), etc. There are certain small different distinctions between such societies, but the intentions are morally very similar. Any eligible member of the society is granted the right to vote as soon as he/she is admitted to the society.

Online Election Technology of Right2Vote:

Approved by the government of India, Right2Vote is a tested and certified mobile-based online Voting Technology that helps various governments and organizations to create and manage small or large-scale elections. Various corporate companies, NGOs, housing societies, and clubs have already tested out the technology and found it quite satisfactory. It helps the voters to cast their own votes from the comfort of their own house and in total privacy. The organizations also don’t need to spend a lot of money to manage these elections. With the help of this technology, the entire election system of India can be revolutionized.

In the case of housing societies, the voters can opt for features like secret ballots, audit trails, end-to-end encryption, OTP-based authentication, and many more. For different societies and their different rules regarding elections including tower-wise voting, voting on panel, specific post-election or full committee election, Right2Vote has the solution for all.

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There are several challenges that cooperative housing societies face while organizing and managing elections.

• Lack of the number of members who can manage all the necessary steps to organize a successful election procedure. Most of the management committees don’t have the manpower to handle elections, resulting in a poorly managed voting procedure.

• Most of these housing societies have limited funds to organize elections. The financial capacity of contributing members somehow affects the election process.

• A housing society consists of several members who decide how the voting procedure will take place. Sometimes the difference of opinion among these members disrupts the electoral system.

• The dictatorial behaviour of several committee members of many Indian housing societies can be noticed during the elections. They sometimes refuse to conduct fresh elections and misuse their authority to manipulate the voters. During the time of the elections, certain votes are intentionally neglected and members are partially favoured which results in a biased voting result.

With the help of the online voting technology of Right2Vote, all of these issues can be resolved and a fair election can be conducted to elect chairpersons and other important members of the housing societies. The voting platform is very user-friendly and with the help of 100% secure technology, elections can be organized and managed very easily.