Simply Voting replacing WatVote

What is happening? Simply Voting is replacing WatVote as the campus web-based online voting system supporting the official online voting needs on campus. Check out the IST Knowledge base article on alternatives for other types of votes or surveying here: Qualtrics Online Surveys, Microsoft Forms, and WCMS Web forms

When is this happening? Simply Voting will launch November 1, 2022. WatVote requests will no longer be available as of this date as campus transitions to Simply Voting. There will be a small overlap where active elections in WatVote will be allowed to complete before decommissioning the system. 

Why is this happening? The current voting tool, WatVote, is a Drupal-based electronic voting system that will not be supported in the new Waterloo Content Management System (WCMS) 3 environment.

What do I need to do? More information is available on the IST Service Catalogue on how to set up an account or get support with your election. 

Questions or concerns?  Please submit via the IST Jira Help portal. The drop-down options to choose Simply Voting under Web Resources include: 

• “Simply Voting – account" to receive access to hold an election, or 
• “Simply Voting – help” to receive help with an election.