New Hampshire Soccer Association Contest

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The challenge: a sports competition

‍The New Hampshire Soccer Coaches Association (NHSCA) annually holds a contest to select the best players in the children's leagues. Associates vote for the best forward, defender and midfielder for both the boys and girls categories. This is a simple vote because, unlike most of our clients, legal validity is not a requirement.

However, the election method is complex: voters assign two points to the first two selected and one to the second two for each category.

In previous editions the client used Google's online forms (Google Forms) but it was difficult to check for duplicate votes. In addition, they spent many hours to tally the results.

Our client

The solution: ranking answers and magic linking

At Kuorum, we have been helping organizations of all kinds with their voting since 2013. Therefore, our solution has a wide diversity of question types. On this occasion, it was decided to use ranking questions, which allow voters to establish an order of preference in their selection of answer options. In this way, the client was able to assign points to each nomination according to the contest rules.

As we have mentioned, in this case it was not essential to have a secure identification system. It was simply a matter of avoiding duplicate votes. So all that was needed was to draw up a list of voters' e-mail addresses and send them a call via Kuorum's mass mailing system. Each call incorporated a magic link (or token) - a personalized, one-time-use link that uniquely identifies the person who clicks on it.

"Easy to use by everyone, no previous experience required."

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Indetifying new functionalities

At Kuorum we do not believe in the concept of the "small customer". We strive to meet the requirements of all our users regardless of the size of the contract. In the case of the NHSCA we encountered a peculiarity that is not so common in the assemblies and elections of other types of organizations. Each ballot question had dozens of nominations, making it very tedious to create the form.

Our development strategy is based on agile methodologies such as Scrum and is user-centric. We release new features to production frequently to meet the expectations of our users. In order to facilitate the work of the organizers of this contest we developed a new functionality to upload questions and answer options in bulk. It is now available to all our customers.

Ideal solution for contests

Sometimes our customers are looking for a solution with the highest levels of guarantees. But Kuorum is also a very versatile tool for contests and informal voting. Thanks to our technology, the NHSCA was able to comply with the rules of their contest, avoid duplicate votes and reduce the workload of the organizing team.

If you are looking for a voting platform for a contest, contact us and we will study your case without obligation.