Administrators - Roles and Permissions

As the owner of the account, you may not want your entire team to have access to everything within ElectionBuddy, that's why we've made it easy to give certain team members access to certain data and features through three administrator roles.

To assign a role to administrators on your account please see Adding Administrators to Organizations.

Administrator Roles & Permissions
Permission/Action
Organization Management Organization Administrator Election Administrator Vote Monitor Vote Clerk Vote Observer Biller
Edit Organization Details ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
Add/Edit Administrators ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
Edit Organization Details ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
Remove Self from Organization ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
Add/Edit Credit Card ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No ✅Yes
Access to Votes Organization Administrator Election Administrator Vote Monitor Vote Clerk Vote Observer Biller
Create a new vote ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
View Incomplete votes ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
View Ready to Run votes ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
View Running votes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No
View Completed votes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No
Delete Completed votes ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
Pay for Votes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
Live Vote Management Organization Administrator Election Administrator Vote Monitor Vote Clerk Vote Observer Biller
View Test Ballot ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No
Access to Kiosk Link ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No
Enter Paper Ballots ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No
Add New Voters ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ✅Yes ❌No ❌No
Access Vote Set Up Settings ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
Send Reminders ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
Extend or Close Voting ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
Re-Open a Closed Vote ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No
Voter List Management Organization Administrator Election Administrator Vote Monitor Vote Clerk Vote Observer Biller
Print Individual Ballot ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No
Surface Access Keys ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No
Spoil Ballots ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ✅Yes ❌No ❌No
Update Contact Information ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ✅Yes ❌No ❌No
Results and Reporting Organization Administrator Election Administrator Vote Monitor Vote Clerk Vote Observer Biller
Download Results and Reports ✅Yes ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ✅Yes ❌No
Share Results with Voters ✅Yes ✅Yes ❌No ❌No ❌No ❌No

Organization Administrator

An Organization Administrator can edit an organization's details including, additional administrators (if available), and update existing organization information.

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Can access all Action drop-down menu items when a vote is Running to assist in live vote management.

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Can view all Action drop-down menu items after the vote is Completed.

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Election Administrator

The Election Administrator has access similar to an organization administrator but cannot edit payment methods, organizations, or other administrators. They can also remove themselves from the organization by selecting the checkbox next to the organization name and selectig "Leave Organization".

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Can access all Action drop-down menu items when a vote is Running to assist in live vote management.

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Can view all Action drop-down menu items after the vote is Completed.

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Vote Monitor

A Vote monitor can access the Results page of a Running vote, but not vote settings. They can set up a kiosk, enter paper ballots, and test the ballot. Voter Monitors can also surface access keys or print ballots for voters.

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After the vote is Closed, a Vote Monitor can view and download results from ElectionBuddy along with paper ballot entry and viewing the ballot.

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Vote Clerk

A Vote Clerk can manages voters and enters ballots for running and completed votes. No results access.

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Vote Observer

A Vote Oberver can view results and reports for running and completed votes. As well, they can also view a sample ballot.

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They cannot manage voter lists or enter paper ballots.

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Biller

A Biller can view the Billing and History page and add/update/remove Credit card information. Cannot view any votes.

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Sep 15, 2026

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