{"id":957,"date":"2022-03-17T15:26:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T19:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=957"},"modified":"2023-11-13T13:10:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T18:10:28","slug":"emailing-voters","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/blog\/kb\/emailing-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Emailing Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>vTools Voting allows you to send emails to voters directly from the ballot. When a ballot is created, the creator can send up to three (3) emails, and emails can only be sent once every 72 hours. We recommend that when creating a ballot, you wait at least one (1) hour before sending the first email in order to give the system time to create the voter list in the backend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> These same steps can be followed for both Elections and Motions.<\/p>\n<p>To send an email to voters, log in to <a href=\"https:\/\/voting.vtools.ieee.org\/\">https:\/\/voting.vtools.ieee.org\/<\/a> with your IEEE Account.<\/p>\n<p>Click on &#8220;Ballot Dashboard&#8221; and navigate to the ballot from which you wish to send an email.<\/p>\n<p>Click on &#8220;Manage&#8221;:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1610\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1610 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters1-1024x670.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters1-1024x670.gif 1024w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters1-370x242.gif 370w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters1-768x502.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to Enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Email Voters<\/h3>\n<p>Click &#8220;Email&#8221; in the menu to send an email to voters<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1615\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1615 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters2-1024x504.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters2-1024x504.gif 1024w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters2-370x182.gif 370w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters2-768x378.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to Enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The next screen will remind you that only three (3) emails can go out, and only once every 72 hours.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1614\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters4.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1614 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters4-1024x624.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters4-1024x624.gif 1024w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters4-370x225.gif 370w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters4-768x468.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to Enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scroll to the bottom of the page to view the email template. You may edit the email as needed before sending. When ready, click &#8220;Preview and Send&#8221; at the bottom.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1613\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters5.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1613 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters5-1024x613.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters5-1024x613.gif 1024w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters5-370x222.gif 370w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters5-768x460.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to Enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The next screen will show you a preview of the email. If it looks good, click &#8220;Confirm and Send.&#8221; If you need to to further editing, click &#8220;Edit.&#8221; You can also &#8220;Cancel&#8221; if you want to abandon the email altogether.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1612\" style=\"width: 735px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1612 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"662\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to Enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once the email is sent, the screen will show that it has been sent, and the email count will have increased.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1611\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters7.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1611 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters7-1024x560.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters7-1024x560.gif 1024w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters7-370x203.gif 370w, https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/EmailingVoters7-768x420.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to Enlarge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>vTools Voting allows you to send emails to voters directly from the ballot. When a ballot is created, the creator can send up to three (3) emails, and emails can only be sent once every 72 hours. We recommend that when creating a ballot, you &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"kbtopic":[107,103],"kbtag":[117],"class_list":["post-957","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kbtopic-voting","kbtopic-vtools","kbtag-voting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=957"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.ieee.org\/vtools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}