A board election at a local football club. A delegate vote at a world sports federation. A student council election across hundreds of schools. These look very different, but they need the same things: secure online voting that's easy to run, results everyone trusts, and a process members actually use.
Organizations have used NemoVote to run more than 1,000 elections in over 30 countries. This article covers who votes with NemoVote and what they use it for. It also links to a detailed guide or case study for each sector.
3. Churches & church organizations
5. Cooperatives
6. Trade unions
9. International organizations
10. They're already voting with NemoVote
11. Frequently asked questions about online voting
Associations rely on member votes for general assemblies, board elections and statute changes. With NemoVote, members can vote online, in the room or both. Votes can be weighted (for example by membership category), and proxies can be transferred. Results are ready in minutes instead of after a long count.
➡️ Read more: Online voting for industry associations · CARA Europe's first online General Assembly · FIVA: hybrid meeting with proxy and weighted voting
Sports organizations range from small clubs to international federations with delegates on every continent. NemoVote handles both: a club's annual meeting and a hybrid AGM where delegates vote from the venue and from home. World Sailing used NemoVote for hybrid voting at its 2025 AGM with 150 delegates from around the world.
➡️ Read more: Online voting for sports associations · Hybrid voting at World Sailing's AGM · Dublin Front Runners' digital AGM
Church boards, synods and parish councils need elections that are secret, verifiable and accessible to every member, including people who can't attend in person. NemoVote supports delegate voting with weighted votes and group segmentation. With hybrid access, a member can join by scanning a QR code.
➡️ Read more: Online voting for churches · How Caritas Rottenburg-Stuttgart digitized a church election
Works councils make decisions often, and their members aren't always in the same place, which is common with shift work, several sites or remote teams. NemoVote lets them pass resolutions and hold votes securely and anonymously, on site or online. Note: formal works council elections follow statutory rules in many countries, so check your national requirements first.
➡️ Read more: How to improve works council elections
Cooperatives are member-owned, so every member is entitled to vote in the general meeting. Online and hybrid voting let more members take part even when they can't attend, which raises turnout and strengthens the legitimacy of the result. Make sure your statutes allow digital or hybrid general meetings.
➡️ Read more: Goodyear Retail Systems' partner election
Unions vote on board positions, resolutions and, sometimes, strike action, and every one of those ballots needs to be beyond doubt. NemoVote provides secret, tamper-resistant online ballots with weighted voting and proxy support, so members can vote wherever they are. Unions such as UFO, the independent flight attendants' union, and the military association EUROMIL use NemoVote.
➡️ Read more: Online voting for trade unions · UFO: record turnout with online union voting
NGOs often have members and delegates in many countries and time zones, and usually little budget or time for complex election logistics. NemoVote gives them one secure vote, online, hybrid or on site, set up in minutes and with personal support. WFUNA, Young European Federalists and Caritas are among the non-profits voting with NemoVote.
➡️ Read more: Online voting for associations, non-profits and NGOs · Online voting guide for NGOs and associations · Caritas Netzwerk-IT's online annual meetings
Schools hold elections for teachers' conferences, parent councils, class representatives and student councils. Online voting makes these simple and lets every student, parent and teacher be heard. GO! onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap runs digital elections for teachers, parents and students across more than 720 schools. Student networks such as ELSA and EMSA and the Swiss boarding school Aiglon also use NemoVote.
➡️ Read more: Online voting for schools · How schools benefit from online voting · Student elections at Anecafyde
International organizations need elections that work across languages, borders and time zones, often with delegates who vote on behalf of national members. NemoVote supports weighted delegate votes and multilingual setups, and lets delegates vote online and in the room at the same time. World Medical Association, CPME (European doctors), WFUNA and international sports federations like World Climbing and World Skate use NemoVote for these votes.
➡️ Read more: Forum Train Europe's hybrid annual meeting · FIVA's international General Meeting
➡️ See all references and case studies
Any organization that makes decisions by vote. That includes associations and federations, sports clubs, churches, works councils, cooperatives, trade unions, NGOs, schools, universities, international organizations and companies. NemoVote has run over 1,000 elections in more than 30 countries.
Yes. NemoVote supports secret ballots, so no one, including the organizers, can see how an individual voted. Only eligible voters can take part, and each person can vote only once.
Yes. With hybrid voting, participants in the room and participants at home vote in the same ballot at the same time. NemoVote also works for purely online votes and for on-site votes, for example on smartphones via QR code.
Yes. You can give votes different weights, for example by member size or delegate status, and allow proxy votes. This is common in associations, federations, churches and unions.
In many cases it is, provided your statutes or bylaws allow online or hybrid voting. We recommend checking your bylaws and amending them if needed before your first online election. Some votes, such as formal works council elections in certain countries, are governed by specific laws.
NemoVote scales from small boards with 10 voters to elections with tens of thousands of participants.
A vote can be set up in minutes, and results are available immediately after voting closes. The NemoVote team provides personal support for every vote if you need help.
You can book a free demo with our team or start testing NemoVote for free. See the links below.
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