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Complete E-Voting system manual

…he conditions that prevent an unsafe action. CivitasVote is an application level election platform for associations, unions, societies, schools, professional bodies and similar membership organisations. It provides controlled voter register preparation, nominations, anonymous ballot storage, tallyin…

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E-Voting administrator guide

CivitasVote Administrator Guide 1. Audience and responsibility This guide is for technical superusers, Platform Administrators, association Owners/Administrators and senior election officers. It describes the administrative sequence and the boundaries between platform, association and election autho…

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Quick start

…nt locally. Do not copy .env, db.sqlite3, media or protected evidence into Git. 2. Create platform users 1. Sign in as the technical superuser. 2. Open Control Centre. 3. Create an ordinary authorised user for routine administration. 4. assign a current Platform Administrator appointment; 5. sign ou…

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Complete electoral workflow

…tion rule. CivitasVote enforces software controls but does not create legal authority. 2. Platform and association establishment The technical superuser creates ordinary users and appoints a Platform Administrator. The Platform Administrator creates the association and assigns an Owner/Administrator…

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Form and field reference

…ains the fields that users encounter in the CivitasVote web interface. It is intended for Platform Administrators, association governance officers, Electoral Committee members, voter data officers and technical support staff. A field may be stored by the model but not exposed on every form; the dist…

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Roles and permissions

…ned through one of three separate mechanisms: 1. technical superuser status; 2. a current Platform Administrator appointment; 3. a current association membership or election cycle appointment. A person may hold more than one lawful role, but the system evaluates the role relevant to the requested pa…

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Voter help

Glossary

…tion that owns election cycles, such as a union, school or professional body. Association Administrator/Owner: Governance user for one association. This authority is separate from election operations and voter eligibility. Archive: Historical treatment that removes a completed or inactive cycle from…

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General operations

Using the dashboard

Using the Dashboard Platform cards Platform management cards appear only for the technical superuser or a current Platform Administrator. They provide access to associations, authorised users, platform appointments and the election officer register. Association cards Association cards depend on acti…

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Platform administration

Platform Administrator guide

Platform Administrator Guide Role purpose The Platform Administrator manages the shared CivitasVote platform without becoming the routine operator of every election. The role creates associations and ordinary authorised users, assigns association governance and maintains platform access records. App…

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Election setup

Election-cycle setup

Election cycle Setup Guide 1. Authority An association Owner or Administrator creates the cycle. Operational officers manage it only after a valid election appointment. The ability to create a cycle does not imply unrestricted authority to erase it after operational or governance activity has begun.…

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Governance reference

Framework alignment

…. Current software alignment Governance topic Current CivitasVote implementation Separate platform and election authority Technical superuser, appointed Platform Administrator, association governance and election cycle appointments are distinct. Core Electoral Committee Software readiness requires t…

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