When to use Ballotis vs awards judging
- Awards judging = qualitative scoring by a panel (rubric, rounds, calibration).
- Ballotis voting = quantitative ballot — fan vote, people's choice, board election, advisory poll.
Many shows use both: a juried main slate plus a Ballotis "People's Choice" sub-track.
Methods
12 supported. Pick one per ballot:
- SINGLE_CHOICE — classic.
- MULTIPLE_CHOICE / APPROVAL — pick all you support.
- RANKED_CHOICE (IRV) — fairer winners; eliminates spoilers.
- STAR_RATING — 1–5 each.
- YES_NO — measures, propositions.
- Plus on Pro+: STV, Borda, Schulze, Condorcet, Score, Cumulative, Weighted.
Anti-fraud presets
Configure at /[org]/polls/[id] under "Anti-fraud". The four presets are:
- CASUAL_POLL — CAPTCHA + 1 per email + 5 per IP. For low-stakes content.
- PUBLIC_AWARD — email-verified + 1 per IP + CAPTCHA + TOR/VPN block + rate-limit. For people's-choice awards.
- HIGH_INTEGRITY_ELECTION — email + phone OTP + 1 per phone + TOR/VPN block + verification log published. For board / member elections.
- UNLIMITED_FAN_VOTE — no identity required; bot-blocking only. For brand campaigns.
Or build a custom mix. Toggles include: email-verify, phone OTP, IP cap, device-fingerprint cap, geofence (allowlist/blocklist by ISO country), CAPTCHA provider, TOR/VPN block, headless-browser detection, honeypot fields, min time-on-page, change-vote allowed, repeat-offender ML.
Every option is enforced server-side at vote-cast time, not just in the UI.
Branding
White-label the voter UI: brand color, logo, custom domain (vote.yourdomain.com), DKIM-signed email sender. On Pro+, hide the "Powered by Aclamos" mark. On Studio+ also hide the favicon.
Live tally + leaderboard
Embed widget at /embed/leaderboard/[shareSlug] — drop on your site, auto-refreshes via SSE. You can also toggle "Show results to voters" and "Show results after close" from the poll edit page.
End-to-end verifiable mode
For ballots that need to hold up in court or to a member meeting, see Verifiable Ballotis voting.