VoteLog

As government agencies across the country adopt Web 2.0 standards, their public meeting records should be just as easy to access and consume as the rest of the information on their websites. Granicus’ VoteLog is designed to improve the visibility of meeting outcomes with a modern display of actions taken during public meetings.

VoteLog’s simplified view of legislative results helps the public discover what votes occurred during a meeting or track an issue over time without having to sort through minutes documents or contact the organization directly. It automates publishing meeting actions allowing staff to quickly get information out to residents without having to wait for a final, approved minutes document. Leveraging our Advanced Search architecture, VoteLog allows the public to create segmented searches of meeting actions only. A citizen can choose to search a topic, agenda item or on a specific elected member to help track what’s most important to them.

Granicus customers in the Meeting Efficiency Suite can better inform residents of critical policy outcomes through searchable, open data on their website. All data is pulled from the Granicus system; as archived meetings are published, so are the vote results of that meeting.

Save time finding the outcomes of recent meetings

Eliminate the need to wait for minutes documents to discover the vote results of a recent meeting. VoteLog provides a modern display of the most recent meetings and the actions taken during those. Jump directly to the item discussion to see what lead to the vote or view the details and get a snapshot of what occurred.

Review vote results

The “Details” icon provides residents and staff with a quick snapshot of each action item. Choose to watch the video of the discussion and see the vote in action or simply review the details. Discover who motioned, seconded, what the action was, the vote result, and how each elected member voted.

Do more with meeting results

Keep the public informed on important legislation. Allow staff, elected members and citizens to easily save, print, or share vote results over social networking sites.

Track legislation over time

VoteLog also allows public and staff to search all of the motion/vote data stored in your Granicus solution so they can track legislation over time or see how elected members are voting on issues important to them. Using Advanced Search allows them to more accurately define their search criteria. Narrow search results by:

• Entering keyword(s)/phrases
• Including and excluding words/phrases
• Selecting a meeting body
• Selecting a date range
• Selecting a voting member(s)
• Selecting vote types: Yes, No, Abstain, Absent, Recuse