# Ballots

### Overview

The **Ballots** module is a voting tool that helps companies make collective decisions, elect leaders, and establish policies. As a **Network Admin**, you have control over how ballots are created, labeled, and approved across your domain.

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Ballots enable transparent and structured decision-making within your MangoApps domain. Admins can configure settings for who can create ballots, customize voting labels, and set auto-approval thresholds.

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### **Configuration Options**

#### **Who Can Create Ballots?**

This setting ensures ballot creation remains controlled and managed by designated leadership.

You can control who is allowed to create ballots:

* **Any network user can create**:\
  Selecting this option allows all users in the domain to create ballots.
* **Only Network Admins, Intranet Admins, and Team Admins can create** *(Default)*:\
  Restricts ballot creation to users with admin roles only.

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#### **Label for Voting Action**

These labels appear as the voting options users will choose from.

Customize the voting choices shown on ballots by entering your own terms for each option:

* **‘Affirmative’ Label** – Default: `Yes`\
  Set a label for votes in favor of the ballot item.
* **‘Negative’ Label** – Default: `No`\
  Set a label for votes against the ballot item.
* **‘Abstain’ Label** – Default: `n/a`\
  Set a label for users who choose not to take a side.

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#### **Default Auto-Approval Setting**

You can enable automatic approval of ballots when the ‘Affirmative’ vote reaches a certain threshold:

* Toggle the setting **ON** to enable auto-approval.
* Enter a percentage to define the threshold.
* Ballots will be **automatically approved** when this percentage of votes is met by the **ballot close date**.

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#### **Saving Changes**

Once you’ve configured the desired settings, click the **Save** button to apply them to the module.

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### **FAQs**

#### **Q. Who can edit or delete ballots?**

**A.** Only **Network Admins**, **Intranet Admins**, and **Team Admins** have the ability to edit or delete ballots.

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#### **Q. Can the voters list and vote values be changed?**

**A.** Yes. Authorized admins can:

* **Change the Voters List**: Go to [**Ballot Tools > Change Voters List**](https://guides.mangoapps.com/user-guide/ballots/ballots) in the User Portal.
* **Change Vote Values**: Go to [**Ballot Tools > Change Vote Values**](https://guides.mangoapps.com/user-guide/ballots/ballots) in the User Portal.

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#### **Q. Who can view ballot results?**

**A.** Any user with permission to access the Ballots module in the User Portal can see the results through [**Ballot Tools > View Ballot Results**](https://guides.mangoapps.com/user-guide/ballots/ballots).

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#### **Q. Are ballot votes anonymous?**

**A.** No, votes in MangoApps Ballots are **not anonymous**. Each vote is linked to the voter’s name, which ensures transparency but does not support anonymous voting.


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