LIMNET Association Ballot Manager

LIMNET Association Ballot Manager provides a useful free election workflow that runs on the WordPress site where it is installed.

Free-core features:

• Create board, special, recall, amendment, and budget-ratification elections
• Schedule election opening and closing in an IANA timezone while storing timestamps in UTC
• Add candidates or ballot choices
• Import or update an eligible voter roster of up to 50 voters per election from CSV
• Require both email and membership ID for basic roster verification
• Enforce one recorded ballot per eligible voter
• Configure minimum and maximum selections and optional write-in notes
• Display basic election status and results when the administrator enables public results
• Keep governing-document and legal-research notes with the election
• Load demonstration candidates and a demonstration roster to learn the setup format
• Select a state for recordkeeping and use a generic jurisdiction-neutral baseline profile
• Repair the public ballot page used for the Free Core voter-verification workflow

The Free Core supports unlimited elections with up to 50 voters in each election. The 50-voter capacity applies separately to every election and does not expire or get consumed by prior elections.

This WordPress.org package does not contain commercial implementation code, license checks, remote premium-code loading, or automatic add-on installation. Pro, Portfolio, All States, and state-specific capabilities are distributed separately outside WordPress.org and are not included in this package.

The Free Core intentionally does not include election email sending, sender identity, test-email or SMTP controls, email templates or previews, delivery logs, automated notices, audit logging, audit or receipt exports, quorum enforcement, pre-issued unique secure ballot links, hashed ballot credentials, replacement-ballot workflows, voter-facing election-document uploads, state-specific profile data, or portfolio management.

Important: This plugin is not legal advice and does not guarantee compliance in any jurisdiction. Administrators must review governing documents, applicable law, notice requirements, consent rules, secrecy requirements, and election procedures before use.

Commercial upgrades

The WordPress.org package is a complete free-core edition. It does not contain license-gated premium implementation code and does not contact a license server.

Higher-capacity roster products and other license-based products are delivered through the separately downloaded LIMNET ABM Commercial Extensions plugin from associationballotmanager.com. The purchaser manually installs and activates that ZIP alongside the free core through Plugins > Add Plugin > Upload Plugin. The Commercial Extensions plugin then provides higher-capacity roster processing, license-key entry, and validation of purchased entitlements. Individual State Packs remain separately installed add-on plugins.

Privacy

The plugin stores election settings, candidate data, voter roster data, ballot records, and basic receipt codes in plugin-owned database tables on the WordPress site where it is installed. It does not send voter data, ballot selections, or license information to AssociationBallotManager.com.

The Add-ons & Services screen contains ordinary external links. Data is sent to the linked website only when an administrator chooses to open one of those links. The free core does not contact an external licensing service and does not download executable code from external servers.