Voting Entities

Pepvote provides several Voting Entities which provides a more streamlined experience to all Users.

Position 🥇

Position is a title in which a group of Candidates are competing for.

Some similar words used to describe a Position based on the nature of the voting are:

Office
Award
Seat
etc

Candidate

Candidate is a person contesting, competing or aspiring for a Position.

Some similar words used to describe a Candidate based on the nature of the voting are:

Aspirant
Contestant
Nominee
etc

Group

Group is a means of grouping similar Candidates probably because they share the same purpose or because they are just related.

Some similar words used to describe a Group based on the nature of the voting are:

Faculty
Department
Unit
Team
Family
Member
etc

Voter

Voter of course is the one who votes for one or more Candidates of choice aspiring for a Position.

Some similar words used to describe a Voter based on the nature of the voting are:

Student
Employee
Staff
etc

An Voting Event Manager / Voting Event Administrator is the person who sets up the Voting Event, Poll or Ballot. He or She is mainly responsible for the managing and monitoring of the entire voting event. From Setting Up to Voting to Result Publishing or Announcement.

The Voting Event Manager can be the Head of the Voting Event Committee or Voting Event Board.

Pepvote has provided several features to make all aspects of the entire voting event process easier to manage, monitor and maintain.

Note: Polling Officers have lesser control over the Voting Event, Poll or Ballot Setup unlike the Voting Event Manager.

Polling Officer 👨‍💻

In Pepvote, The Polling Officer is a person or group of people who supports or assists the Voting Event Manager in setting up the Voting Event and making sure the voting process goes smoothly for voters.

For Example, in a Student Union Government (SUG) Voting Event, Polling Officers can be head of Faculties or Departments who will make sure that the Data of Voters from their Faculty or Department are correctly uploaded.

Pepvote allows the Voting Event Manager to create multiple Polling Officers to help assist with setting up the Voting Event.

Note: Polling Officers have lesser control over the Voting Event, Poll or Ballot Setup unlike the Voting Event Manager.

Observer 👀 🕵️

An Observer in Pepvote is a person or group of people who observes the Voting Event especially the voting process.

In a National Voting Event, Observers can range from Journalists to Agents.
In an Award Show or Nominations, Observers may be Judges.

Pepvote Observers Module provide a means to allow a few set of people to observe or monitor the voting process on Authentication.

Note: Observers on Pepvote are able to monitor the Voting Event or Poll, but cannot make any change to the Ballot Setup.