Members in Districts 5, 6, and 7 have the convenience of voting by mail or online in this year’s election. Voting is open from March 25 – April 16 both by mail and online.
Members with email addresses listed on their account will receive an online ballot on March 25 from noreply@directvote.net. Those wishing to vote by mail can expect to receive their ballot 3-7 days later. Each member may vote once, using either mail or online voting.
How to Cast a Mail-In Voting Ballot
Complete your ballot, place it in the enclosed self-addressed return envelope, and mail it. It must be received by Thursday, April 16 to include your vote in this year’s election. Ensure your vote is counted, mail in your ballot early to avoid any processing delays.
- You will receive your ballot in the mail.
- Complete your ballot by casting your vote.
- Once complete, place your ballot in the enclosed return envelope. You must sign the back of the return envelope for your ballot to be valid.
- Mail your completed ballot in the return envelope and you have officially voted for this year’s UEC’s Election period.
Voting Online - New for This Year
Skip the mail and vote online using your unique election passcode, or QR code, provided in your paper ballot or follow the link in the email from noreply@directvote.net. Ballots must be casted by Thursday, April 16.
- On your computer or mobile device go to www.directvote.net/UEC.
- You will then be directed to UEC’s Election Homepage. Next, you will need to put in your member number and unique election passcode. You can find your member number and unique election passcode on either the ballot received in the mail or the email you received on March 25 from noreply@directvote.net.
- Once your credentials are entered in, select “GO”.
- Check the box next to your selection.
- To change your vote, click the box again and the mark will be removed.
- To review your selections, click the “go to Ballot Confirmation” button.
- You may save your ballot and return later by clicking the “Logout” link.
- If you would like a record of your votes, use the print icon on the next page.
- Click, “Submit Ballot”. You now have officially voted in this year’s UEC’s Election.
- The QR code can be found on the back of the return envelope that each eligible Member will receive in the mail along with their paper ballot.
- Scan the QR code using the camera on your mobile device.
- This will take you directly to your District’s Online Election Ballot.
- Check the box next to your selection.
- To change your vote, click the box again and the mark will be removed.
- To review your selections, click the “go to Ballot Confirmation” button.
- You may save your ballot and return later by clicking the “Logout” link.
- If you would like a record of your votes, use the print icon on the next page.
- Click, “Submit Ballot”. You now have officially voted in this year’s UEC’s Election.
- To ensure you receive your ballot through email, please take a moment to add the following email address to your contacts noreply@directvote.net.
- Open your email program and navigate to your contacts list.
- Click “add Contact” and enter the email address: noreply@directvote.net.
- Select “Save” and that’s it.
- Now, when you receive your email from noreply@directvote.net, click on the embedded link.
- This will take you directly to your District’s Online Election Ballot.
- Check the box next to your selection.
- To change your vote, click the box again and the mark will be removed.
- To review your selections, click the “go to Ballot Confirmation” button.
- You may save your ballot and return later by clicking the “Logout” link.
- If you would like a record of your votes, use the print icon on the next page.
- Click, “Submit Ballot”. You now have officially voted in this year’s UEC’s Election.
Frequently Asked Questions
An email will only go out to eligible voters who have an email listed on their account.
Members are not able to reset their passcode. The credentials SBS provides for each member are unique and are designated to that member (they are locked in with those credentials).
The UEC Election login homepage can be found at www.directvote.net/uec. Click on Forgot your Election Passcode. You will than be prompted to enter in your email address. Please note, the email address must match the email address on file with UEC in order to receive your passcode.
Each member is provided a unique voter passcode which will be used for the voting website to confirm identity.
If a member submits both an electronic vote and a mailed ballot, only the mailed ballot will be counted, and the electronic vote will be voided.
Each member’s login information is disabled immediately after submitting their web ballot, preventing them from logging into the voting website and voting twice.
Yes, if the email address is within the database provided by UEC. If the member does not have an email on file, they have an option to add an email before submitting their vote. The member would then receive an email confirmation.