About VoteStead
Association votes decide budgets, rules and who sits on the board. Owners should trust the result without trusting any one person, and the tools should work for every owner, including those without email.
Why VoteStead exists
Many associations miss quorum because mailed ballots go unreturned. Voting online makes it easier for an owner to take part, which usually helps turnout, but it asks a board to decide who it trusts with every ballot.
VoteStead takes a different approach. Ballots are sealed before they leave the owner's device, no single person opens them, and every owner checks their own ballot after the vote.
Our independence commitment
- We run elections. We never act as managing agent for an association whose election we run.
- We sell no other paid services to those associations.
- Ballots carry no name, so no board member, candidate or manager can look up how an owner voted.
Who runs VoteStead
VoteStead is a product of Alien Tech Services LLC, a technology services company. We build and operate the VoteStead platform and run managed elections for our clients.
Start with your association
Associations in all 50 states and DC can open an account and run a free test election. Whether a binding election can run online depends on your state law and your governing documents, and your state page says which applies to you. When your board is ready, buy a self-serve election online, and talk to the people who build the product rather than to a sales team. Every price is published.