All Other Elections

If your organisation is required to hold elections, these will be an important part of your governance process… But are they distracting you from things that are more important for you to be involved with at your school? If so, that’s where Election Pilot can help. We take care of all the communication with your community, processing of nominations and votes, reporting and compliance issues.

We understand that maintaining the integrity of an election is vital, and with electronic elections, there are additional concerns for the security of the data held for the election. This is why we have an ST4S certification for our election platform. ST4S certification is an independent third-party verification of our systems to ensure they meet an agreed minimum standard to ensure the security of private information. But we see ST4S certification as only the first stage… We have a number of additional layers of security over and above those that are required to make sure we are following industry best practice when handling your data.

We will work with your organisation to make sure our election process, timetables and reporting meet the requirements of any laws, regulations or requirements in your constitution. Our online election platform is easy to use for voters, candidates and staff, and we provide regular reporting to you during the nomination and voting phases, so you know where your election is up to at all times.

Schooled Election Pilot has been running elections in New Zealand since 1992… So there isn’t much we haven’t seen already. In New Zealand, our school board elections are covered by legislation, and there are very strict rules in place as to how and when these are run. We are used to working with all types of elections, from small to very large organisations. In 2025, we ran over 1600 school board elections over three weeks, with over 8000 candidates and over 750 000 registered voters, so there isn’t anything we can’t handle.

Based on our experience, we believe that electronic elections give higher levels of engagement and larger voter turnout. Families are more time-poor than ever, and making the nomination and voting process as easy as possible is key to increasing voter engagement. Our election platform has a very simple user interface that works across any device or platform, removing boundaries for your community.

We can run electronic elections, paper-based elections or a hybrid model, depending on the needs of your organisation and your election requirements. We have even been able to provide NZ Ministry of Justice criminal conviction checks as part of a candidate nomination process, which was required by one client.