How To Use Google Forms For Voting
The plus sign becomes a purple pencil and purple page icon.
How to use google forms for voting. In the window that pops up select create a new spreadsheet. Personal work or education. Each row is a response ballot while each column is the ranking each ballot gave to each candidate. Free with a google account. It is easy to control voter identity and making sure voters only vote once as everyone eligible.
I have been looking into secure online voting systems for a fairly small scale though extremely important leadership election 1000 voters. Click the purple page icon. First you need to create a google form and open the spreadsheet linked to it. Create a new survey and edit it with others at the same time. Set up a new form or quiz.
On the response page click on the green button at the top right corner of the page. 2 in the top left corner click the red new button go down to more and hover your mouse over that selection. Once the window opens choose a template from one of the three sections. Another drop down will appear select and click google forms. With a scantron ballot students can accidently mark more than 1 candidate not fully erase a mistake mark the ballot between candidate names or use a pen instead of a pencil.
Using a google form students cast a clear vote for 1 candidate. This will create a linked page in a new google sheets file. I have been researching end to end auditable voting systems and the such but then i started to think about why can t something like google forms be used. You can use google forms to create online surveys and quizzes and send them to other people. In this article i ll share the simple process of accomplishing the above specs using google forms sheets.
1 go to google drive. A new form will open. People can sms to a specific number to vote. To get started head over to the google forms homepage and place the cursor on the multicolored plus sign in the bottom right corner. How to create a voting form.