Cofarle's voting solution during covid-19

Why did Cofarle need an electronic voting solution?

Cofarle is a pharmaceutical distribution cooperative that serves the provinces of León, Zamora and Palencia. It is the fourth oldest pharmaceutical cooperative in Spain, serving more than 300 pharmacies.

As with most companies with a similar structure, the restrictions put in place due to the pandemic have meant that shareholder meetings and company votes have not been followed through. As a result, other viable options had to be sought to bring all 46 participants together to vote on important internal decisions.

Cofarle opted for a telematic assembly and electronic voting as a replacement for face-to-face assemblies in order to protect its employees. Kuorum was trusted to carry out this event with all the legal guarantees: identification of voters, guarantees of vote integrity, time-stamped certificate and its conservation and to facilitate all the services and guarantee the legal validity of the whole process.

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Ensuring a secure and legally valid vote

Kuorum prides itself on its security and understands the importance of ensuring that a vote is legally valid. Providing Cofarle voters with a two-factor authentication system (SMS and email) meant that only those authorized to vote could do so. Kuorum uses a time stamp from a trusted service provider, a requirement of the European eID Regulation to provide this type of service. For each vote recorded on our client's platform, an advanced electronic signature certificate is issued that allows each vote to be counted if a challenge to the result is ever raised. These certificates are kept encrypted for five years, in compliance with the Electronic Signature Laws.

Electronic voting certificates are admissible at trial as documentary evidence, and shareholders receive their certificates in their e-mail to confirm that the vote has been correctly recorded. This avoids challenges with respect to voting media and gives the shareholder a convenient and secure voting experience.

"We needed to find an alternative that would allow us to vote with all the legal guarantees."
Cofarle's voting solution during covid-19

Customized platform

In order to set up the customized platform, Kuorum requested a census with details of the participating voters and details about the questions included in the ballot. After this, all Cofarle had to do was wait for Kuorum to set up its customized e-voting platform, which was ready within a couple of days after receiving all the details.

Voting Day

In addition to the voting platform, Kuorum managed the video conference to organize and moderate the meeting with all participants, meaning that all voters were in one place, voting at the same time. Instructions were provided to all voters along with a telephone hotline. There were no incidents with the 46 voters, meaning that the whole process was comfortable and simple for each user. Cofarle was sent a report shortly after the vote describing the results and providing various graphs and figures for the questions asked.

Cofarle's event went smoothly, while achieving all the objectives the company had set. We look forward to keeping in touch with Cofarle and continuing to provide excellent and reliable service to all our customers. If you have any questions or would like to know more about our work, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Increased safety
No incidents
Customizable
Legal validity

"On the voting day there were no incidents at all and all our voters were pleased."

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Cofarle's voting solution during covid-19