Association & SACCO voting

SACCO election online voting — hit quorum without hiring a hall

SACCOs, clubs, and member associations run committee elections and member votes where turnout is the hardest part: members are scattered across towns, and a physical AGM often fails to hit quorum.

Booking a hall, printing ballots, and getting enough members physically present is expensive and unreliable — a low-turnout meeting can fail to hit quorum, forcing a costly re-run.

Some associations fall back to a paper register at the door and a manual count by the electoral committee; when a result is close, the losing side questions the register, the count, or both, and the committee has no independent way to prove either was right.

Qura lets members vote from wherever they are — a matatu stage, a shop, home — over the web or USSD, so quorum is no longer a function of who could physically travel that day.

How it works

1

Register

Load your member database and verification method.

2

Verify

Members confirm membership status before voting.

3

Vote

Web or USSD — no travel, no hall required.

4

Results

Live turnout lets the committee confirm quorum in real time.

5

Audit

A tamper-evident trail settles any dispute after the fact.

What's included

  • Membership verification against your member database
  • Customizable ballot design for committee positions or motions
  • Support for multiple election types in one cycle
  • USSD voting for members without smartphones or data
  • Member engagement and turnout analytics for the committee

What we'll need from you

  • Member database or register
  • A membership status verification method (ID, member number, phone)
  • Your association's structure and voting rules
  • Election committee access controls for oversight

Questions

Can we confirm quorum before closing the vote?

Yes. Turnout is visible live to the electoral committee, so you can see whether quorum has been reached before the voting window closes.

What if a member doesn't have a smartphone?

USSD voting works on any mobile phone with no internet connection or app required — the same ballot, a different channel.

How do we verify someone is actually a member in good standing?

You provide the member register (or connect it), and voters are checked against it before they're allowed to cast a ballot — by phone number, member ID, or another identifier you choose.

See a SACCO or association election running on Qura

Book a 30-minute demo and we'll set up a mock committee election you can vote in yourself.