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Please note our 2024 Holiday Support Hours Schedule: our office will be closed from December 23, 2024 through January 3, 2025. Our normal hours will resume on Monday, January 6, 2025.

Skeleton staff will still be available to support our customers. If you require emergency support during this time, please log into the Election Manager, click on the Help button in the bottom right corner of the page, and set the priority to “emergency.” One of our team members will follow up with you promptly.

As we wrap up 2024, we want to take a moment to thank our incredible clients and partners for a year filled with collaboration and success. Your trust and support have been key to our growth, and we’re excited to continue working together in 2025.

During the holiday break, while our office will be closed, our team will remain available to assist with urgent matters, ensuring your elections and voting processes run smoothly. Whether you’re planning for an upcoming election or need immediate support, we’re here to help.

We’re looking forward to an exciting 2025, full of new opportunities, innovations, and strengthened partnerships. Wishing you joyful holidays and a New Year filled with success and progress toward digital democracy.

From all of us at Simply Voting, we wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season, and a very democratic New Year!

We’re excited to announce that for 2024, Simply Voting has made a charity donation of $30,000 to Sun Youth Organization and Le Chaînon.

Our mission is to deliver affordable, trustworthy, and efficient e-democracy solutions to the thousands of organizations we serve. But beyond our role in supporting democratic processes, we also believe in giving back and making a meaningful impact on the world and our local community.

Each year, we invite our team to recommend charitable organizations that are making a positive difference. We then hold a company-wide secret ballot to decide where our support will go, aligning with our commitment to both democracy and community impact.

We’re excited to announce that for 2024, Simply Voting has made donations of $15,000 to each of the following organizations:

Le Chaînon

Founded in 1932, Le Chaînon’s mission is to welcome women in difficulty, unconditionally and without judgment.

Le Chaînon is a society project. Its vision is based on the fundamental idea of kindness and unconditional acceptance, in the hope of seeing a society develop that is truly in the service of the most disadvantaged communities. It acts as a lasting source of hope, it embodies freedom of action while respecting differences, so that vulnerable people can thrive.

They offer women secure shelter as well as help and support adapted to their needs. With the help of experienced assistants, women who come to Le Chaînon will take steps towards achieving personal and social independence and autonomy.

Women benefit from professional support in an environment that encourages the most egalitarian relationships possible.

Le Chaînon also hopes to take collective and social responsibility to denounce inequality, difficult living conditions and the various forms of violence that women experience in their lives. Its goal is to promote the rights of women – with women.

For more information, please visit https://lechainon.org/

Jeunesse au Soleil / Sun Youth Organization

Founded in 1979, Sun Youth Organization (Sun Youth) provides emergency services and basic needs to people in need in Montreal. Sun Youth also runs crime prevention programs, sports and activities for youth, and a summer camp.

In F2022, Sun Youth spent $4.7m cash on its programs and distributed $5.6m in donated goods. The charity runs three main programs: Emergency Services, Community Services, and Camp. Sun Youth’s most recent annual report is from F2023. In F2023, Sun Youth helped under 90,000 people (68,000 in F2022) across its programs. Of the people it helped, 32% were men, 33% were women, and 36% were children.

For 38 years, Sun Youth was based in Montreal’s legendary former Baron Byng High School on Saint-Urbain Street. In November 2018, the Montreal School Board took back its building, which left Sun Youth without a permanent home. Since then, Sun Youth has continued to provide services from temporary facilities while working towards Building a Brighter Future, a plan to build a permanent community hub to offer its services. The federal government committed $10.7m for the new building. .

Community Services represented 15% ($722k) of program costs in F2023. Sun Youth runs sports and after-school and day camps to help youth develop new talents and socialization skills. In F2023, the charity distributed $89,000 worth of school supplies to 1,144 students. 2,500 children participated in Sun Youth’s activities and leagues. The charity also distributed 100 bikes to 100 youths.

For more information, please visit https://sunyouth.org/

Simply Voting is proud to support the missions and efforts of these charitable organizations.

Learn more about 2023 charitable donations here

For several months, we have worked with Montreal’s My Little Big Web web design agency to revamp and re-think our corporate website. Today, we’re pleased to launch our new design! We have streamlined and re-imagined some aspects, and incorporated new elements like a Careers page, enhanced FAQs, and improved client testimonials.

To better serve clients, another important change is that our Support form is now only available within the Election Manager – this helps us ensure our Support staff are only communicating with authorized users about any sensitive questions or requests related to your elections and account.

During our business hours, our Support staff are always standing by – either by phone or by email. You can always find our support information once logged into the Election Manager, just locate the “Help” icon in the bottom right corner.

From there you can access our Help Portal with guides and documentation, see our Helpline, or open a support ticket describing your issue and we’ll be in touch shortly.

And for urgent requests that truly can’t wait until our business hours, a member of our Support staff is still on-call 24/7. Again once logged into the Election Manager, just locate the “Help” icon in the bottom right corner, set priority to “urgent” and describe your issue and we’ll be in touch shortly. 

We hope you find the new website inviting and informative. And at Simply Voting, we know how critical it is to run successful elections, so please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need assistance!

2023 Holiday Support Hours Schedule: Please note that our office will be closed from December 25, 2023 through January 5, 2024. Our normal hours will resume on Monday, January 8, 2024.

Skeleton staff will still be available to support our customers. If you require emergency support during this time, please fill out the support form on our website and set the priority to “emergency”. One of our team members will follow up with you promptly.

As we close out 2023, we’d like to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude to all of our clients and partners for a year of collaboration and success. Your continued trust and support have been essential to our growth, and we are excited to continue working with you in the coming year.

During this holiday break, while our office will be closed, our team will remain available for urgent matters to ensure that your elections and voting processes proceed smoothly. Whether you’re preparing for an upcoming election or require immediate assistance, we are here to help, even during this quieter period.

We are looking forward to an exciting 2024 filled with new opportunities, innovations, and strengthened partnerships. May your holidays be filled with joy, and may the New Year bring continued success and progress in the pursuit of digital democracy. Thank you for being a part of the Simply Voting community!

From all of us at Simply Voting, we wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season, and a very democratic New Year!

Our mission at Simply Voting has always been providing affordable, secure, trustworthy, and efficient e-democracy solutions for the thousands of organizations we serve. We also understand that companies like our own can have a positive impact on the world around us and particularly our local community.

Every year we survey our staff for potential charitable organizations that continue to make a difference in our community and the world, and internally we run our own secret ballot to determine where our charitable focus will go.

We are pleased to announce that for 2023, Simply Voting has made $15,000 charitable donations to each of the following organizations:

Centre de Prévention du Suicide de Montréal (CPSM)

With the belief that suicide is preventable, Centre de Prévention du Suicide de Montréal (CPSM)’s mission is to help prevent it through greater access to information, quality services, and resources. They provide direct support to those who are lonely, depressed and contemplating suicide. They also assist those left behind by suicide including the family, the individual’s social network, and others.

CPSM provides prevention measures, such as education, awareness, and strategies towards prevention; provides a 24/7 telephone helpline and digital intervention line; and provides postvention to support recovery and healing.

For more information, please visit https://cpsmontreal.ca.

Mission Nouvelle Generation

Mission Nouvelle Generation is an organization that strives to help underprivileged people in their emotional, psychological, spiritual and material needs by providing support and guidance toward appropriate resources within the Mission.

Services include:

• a food bank that provides food to over 1,500 families each week in Montreal
• bike workshops that recycle and repair old bicycles
• a low-cost general mechanical service
• a community garden
• and a store that offers new and used goods at low prices.

For more information, please visit https://www.missionnouvellegeneration.org.

Simply Voting is proud to support the missions and efforts of these charitable organizations.