To create a new election, you should be a user who gains admin access for CiviCRM and follow these steps:
- Name and Description: enter the name and description of the new election. It helps users to know more about the election that they will participate.
- Visible Start Date: set the date and time when user can start seeing it in the election section.
- Visible End Date: set the date and time when the admin wants to hide the election from the election page.
- Nomination Start Date: This date allows user to start nominating. This date should be after Visible Start Date and before Visible End Date
- Nomination End Date: This date is to prevent user from nominating. This date should be after Nomination Start Date and before Visible End Date
- Advertise Start Date: This date is to let user know that it waiting for nominees to accept their positions. This date should be after Nomination End Date and before Visible End Date
- Voting Start Date: This date is to allow user to vote. This date should be after Advertise Start Date and before Visible End Date
- Voting End Date: This date is to prevent user from voting. This date should be after Voting Start Date and before Visible End Date
- Results Start Date: This date is to let users know when the results will be available. This date should be after Voting End Date and before Visible End Date
Click Create to create a new election