Setup and Management
Election actions and statuses
Understand election statuses and what each management action does.
Election statuses
PepVote election cards show one of these statuses:
- Draft: no active time range yet.
- Upcoming: start time is in the future.
- Ongoing: election has started and not ended.
- Ended: election end time has passed.
Common election actions
From election action menus and manage screens, you can:
- Manage / Participate
- Edit election details
- Invite users
- Upload, change, or remove election logo
- Update aliases
- Open voting settings
- Open election settings
- Start election now
- End election now
- Delete election (owner only)
Screenshot coming soon: Election actions menu
Action behavior to know
Start election now
Sets the election start time to current time.
End election now
Sets the election end time to current time.
Delete election
Only election owners can delete elections. Deletion removes related election data.
Editing restrictions
Certain component edits are blocked when election lifecycle conditions are not safe (for example, while election is ongoing or after it has ended).
Last updated February 20, 2026