Roles and Permissions
Voting Event roles overview
Understand each role in Pepvote and how they help run voting events.
Pepvote supports these voting event roles:
- Owner
- Voting Event Manager
- Polling Officer
- Observer
- Candidate
- Voter
Owner
The account that created the voting event.
Typical capabilities:
- Full management access
- Can delete voting event
- Can manage settings, components, and invites
Voting Event Manager
Trusted operations role.
Typical capabilities:
- Manage voting event setup and components
- Manage voting event invites
- Access results and vote-related views
- Cannot delete voting event
Polling Officer
Operational support role.
Typical capabilities:
- Manage voting event components (positions, groups, candidates, voters)
- Does not manage invite permissions for voting event team roles
Observer
Read-focused monitoring role.
Typical capabilities:
- Track voting event progress and result views
- No setup/edit access
Candidate and Voter
Participant roles.
Typical capabilities:
- Candidate: can participate and view relevant voting event information
- Voter: can cast votes (if approved and not already voted), and confirm votes
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Last updated March 21, 2026