Hello...
Sorry for bringing up old threads...but some of these topics are interesting

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We hold national elections online. In the private area of our website, the ballot is made available where it tags the user name and IP address so you can only vote once. Yet the results are sent to our national e-mail box anonymously...which is pretty cool.
(Our last election was the first time we ran it this way...it was a great system).
All of our sisters can vote - active or not. Only alumna or sisters who are graduating sisters (our board re-convenes in May) can run for offices. There is a nomination stage, candidate acceptance, and distribution of qualifications to all sisters before voting takes place. It takes about two months from start to finish.