Vendor for mail-in ballots?

August 11, 2009 4:09 PM

Looking for a California vendor of mail-in ballots for a large organization's annual officer elections, including the possibility of online voting.

I belong to a large California political organization with chapters around the state, and am looking for a way to conduct our annual statewide Officer elections via a mail-in ballot system. Ideally each member would receive a voting kit in the mail, including a ballot labeled with a unique, confidential voter ID code. That ballot could either be mailed in, or the voter could go to a website and vote using their ID code. Does anybody know a vendor that could help handle this process, or have any idea how much something like this would cost? Figure roughly 8000 total members would receive ballots.

posted by carrolldamian to Technology (2 answers total)

I don't know California, but maybe call some of the other political organizations you work with to get recommendations for good politically oriented print shops. Ones that work with nonprofits and parties are usually used to quick turnarounds and low budgets. If you're on the left side of the spectrum, you'll probably want to go with a union shop.
posted by lunasol at 5:58 PM on August 11, 2009

Oh, and if you need someone to make the ballots/kits, you'll want a direct mail firm, which you will also probably want to find by calling your partners/allies. I know some good national ones if need be.
posted by lunasol at 6:00 PM on August 11, 2009