What is the voting and prioritization method?
The platform offers a flexible voting and prioritization framework to support inclusive and nuanced decision-making.
Admins can choose from multiple voting types:
Approval Voting
Cumulative Voting
Participatory Budgeting
To gather community preferences in the most relevant way.
ℹ️ Voting on our platform is by default anonymous, if you want more information on who voted contact the support team via the chat.
How to add voting options?
If YOU create the options:
Click + New Idea in the voting phase.
Fill out the input form (editable in the “Input Form” tab).
Option appears in the Input Manager and front office.
If options come from a previous phase:
Open Input Manager in the previous ideation phase.
look for the blue bubble number below the input, click the number that represents the voting phase ahead to move items forward.
(Budgeting only) Add a cost to each option.
Different voting methods
Approval Voting (One Vote per Option)
Participants cast a single vote for each option they support.
Promotes broad participation and reduces polarization.
No strategic vote manipulation—simple, accessible, fair.
Cumulative Voting (Multiple Votes per Option)
Participants get a budget of votes to allocate across multiple options
Allows nuanced expression of priorities
Optional: set a maximum votes per option to prevent “vote stacking” by small groups
Participatory Budgeting (Basket Exercise)
Participants allocate a budget across options with assigned costs/values.
Encourages financial responsibility and trade-off thinking.
Can be displayed in a currency (e.g., €) or a custom unit (“tokens”) - ask the support team to change these for you.
💡 Tip: When running a participatory budgeting project, make sure every idea you include has a budget assigned. To add a budget to an idea:
Go to Phase Settings → Input Manager.
Select the Input (idea) you want.
Click Edit, then Next until you reach the Budget field.
Enter the budget amount and save.
Guiding participants during voting
Users see clear voting instructions (cannot be edited).
After voting ends, participants are directed to view results.
Admins can choose whether results are:
Automatically shared when voting ends, or
Held back for manual release.
How to manage and monitor votes?
Live Monitoring
View votes in real time in the Input Manager.
Online votes and offline votes appear in separate columns.
Only admins and project managers can monitor the votes in real-time.
Adding Offline Votes
Go to Input Manager → select an option → manually enter offline votes.
How to export and report on voting results?
Export votes per user or votes per contribution via Input Manager.
Results can be shared publicly or held for internal analysis. You can enable or disable automatic sharing of results in the 'Setup' of your Phase Settings by toggling the 'auto share results' toggle.
Voting phase automatically closes when its end date is reached (set in Phase Settings).
How to close the voting phase?
When the phase date ends, voting stops automatically.
Results are shown based on the setting in Phase Settings.
If results are not automatically shared, admins can manually release them later.
Voting limitations and best practices
“Cast your vote” or “Submit your budget” boxes cannot be edited.
For budget voting, currency settings apply platform-wide (not per project).
Encourage admins to test a voting phase early—phase must be active to test.