Publishing your voting event is required in order for the system to run the event. By configuring the voting event and publishing in advance of the opening date, you allow voters to access important details about when and how to vote.
Publishing a voting event allows several things to take place:
- Information about the voting event becomes publicly available on the community's OneFeather page (for eg. www.onefeather.ca/nations/NATIONNAME) and makes it discoverable on the OneFeather voting events list page.
- It allows the OneFeather system to notify all eligible members (who have a confirmed OneFeather account) about the voting event 5 days before it's opening date and time, or immediately if within 5 days of opening date and time.
- It allows the event to go live and run at the configured opening date and time.
On this page:
How to Publish a Voting Event
- Go to the Nations app home
- Click Voting Events in the top navigation
- Select your voting event
- Under the Details tab on the event, select the Edit Details button
- On the right-hand side of the voting event setup page, select the Publish button
- In the pop-up, select OK
The voting event will now be published and able to go live on the configured opening date and time.
*Please note: You must also add a voters list and and at least one ballot issue in order for the voting event to start.
Read more about how to set up voting events here:
How to upload a voters list to your event
Comprehensive guide to setting up voting events
What If I Forget to Publish the Voting Event?
If you forget to publish the event before it is scheduled to begin, the voting event will not be able to open. However, you can still publish the event immediately, even if it has already reached or passed the designated start date and time.
The OneFeather for Nations platform will send a reminder email to the primary Election/Ratification Officer linked to your voting event. This email will alert them that the event is about to start but has not yet been published, and will include instructions on how to proceed.