Build a sample school vote · 3 minutes · no signup

What kind of decision are you running?

Pick a scenario. We'll preload a realistic sample so you don't start with a blank page. See how True Anonymity prepares voters, protects anonymity, checks ballot quality, and explains whether the result is strong enough to act on — the page Google Forms doesn't have.

Demo only. You are editing a sample. Nothing is saved, sent, or published. No real voters, no real codes.

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Defaults are already filled in. Edit only what you want to change.

Why this step matters: True Anonymity picks safe defaults for your decision type, so you don't have to think through every setting. You can change the title, description, options, deadline, and result visibility — everything else is set the way it should be.

Vote title Description Options (one per line) Voting deadline

Locked in demo: Voter count, email invitations, QR distribution, comprehension-question editor — available after signup.

Step 3 · Build the pre-vote briefing

Prepare voters before asking them to vote.

Why this step matters: True Anonymity turns your explanation into short briefing cards plus a clarity check, so the school can see whether voters understood the issue before the ballot opens. Google Forms starts with questions. True Anonymity starts with decision readiness.

Edit the briefing · 5 plain-language fields

Edit any field, then click Generate briefing cards to rewrite the cards voters will see.

1. What is being decided? 2. Why does it matter? 3. What are the options? 4. What are the tradeoffs? 5. What happens after the vote?

Cards regenerated from the 5 fields above. Preview them as a student in step 4.

Result: 4 briefing cards voters will receive

You can attach a photo to each card — for showing a proposed design, a candidate headshot, the construction site, or any visual context. JPEG / PNG / WebP / GIF up to 10 MB. (Real-app feature; not interactive in this demo.)

Briefing clarity check editable

One single-choice question shown after the briefing. Edits below update what voters see in step 4.

Question voters see Answer options · one per line · first line is the correct answer Feedback shown after the voter picks

Optional. Never blocks voting. Tells the school, in aggregate, whether the briefing landed.

What True Anonymity will measure

Each briefing link gives the school anonymous aggregate readiness signals — never individual tracking.

Briefing opened. How many voters clicked the briefing link before voting opened.
Briefing completed. How many read through to the last card.
Clarity check accuracy. Per-question accuracy on the optional clarity check — finds the parts of the briefing that didn't land.
Self-reported readiness. "Do you feel ready to vote?" — voters can flag shorter / more background / clearer options / more time / more perspectives.

You'll see a simulated review of these signals in step 5 — before the ballot is built.

Step 4 · Voters see the briefing first

Voters see the briefing before voting opens.

Why this step matters: Voters review the issue in 4 short cards plus an optional Briefing Clarity Check with neutral feedback. The clarity check never blocks voting — it only tells the school, in aggregate, whether the briefing landed.

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As shown on a student's phone

Step 5 · The pause before voting

This is the moment normal forms do not have.

Why this step matters: Google Forms goes from "publish" straight to "hope people understood." True Anonymity inserts a pause: brief the voters, measure whether they understood, then decide whether to open voting or revise the briefing first. This is the product's core operational advantage and the screen schools talk about after a real campaign.

Simulate a readiness outcome to see how True Anonymity responds:

In production these come from real voter behavior — True Anonymity lets you preview each band so you know what each outcome looks like.

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Step 6 · Build the ballot after voters are briefed

Now that voters are prepared, build the ballot.

Why this step matters: The school has just seen which parts of the briefing landed and which didn't. With that context, True Anonymity helps create a clear, neutral, protected ballot. The five-category abstention is wired in by default — so silence becomes signal instead of missing data.

This ballot has 5 questions, one of every question type. Q1 below is the editable headline question. Q2–Q5 are previewed at the bottom; voters answer all five on their phone in step 7, and every question gets its own anonymous results in step 8.

Now editing Q1 · Single choice

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Q1

Edit the question wording Edit the options · one per line

📷 Question photo optional · JPEG/PNG/WebP/GIF · 10 MB max

Add a photo to the question. Useful for "Which renovation plan?", "Rate this design", or anything easier to show than describe. Real-app feature — not interactive in this demo.

Voter preview below updates as you type. Step 7 shows this ballot exactly as a student would see it on their phone.

+ I'd rather not answer editable

Voters who pick this select one of five categories. The category name is fixed because it drives the abstention analytics — but the prompt the voter actually sees is editable. Edits update step 7.

Information barrier Trust barrier Option barrier Relevance barrier Pressure barrier

What's wired in

Everything below is on by default. No checkboxes to remember.

Five-category abstention. Silence becomes structured signal — Information / Trust / Option / Relevance / Pressure — instead of missing data.
Anonymity at submit. Voter's one-time code proves eligibility; the ballot is stored separately. No "row of responses" view exists for the operator.
Results sealed until deadline. Nobody — including the operator — sees results while voting is open.
Privacy banner on every ballot. Voters see exactly what the school can and can't see before they answer (preview on step 7).

None of this is opt-in. It's how every True Anonymity vote works.

Step 7 · Voter sees the ballot

Now voters can answer privately.

Why this step matters: Voters answer honestly only when they trust the process. The privacy banner is hard-coded into every ballot, the link between code and ballot is deleted at submit, and "I'd rather not answer" is a first-class option — not a hidden checkbox.

Submitted ballots are not stored with your identity. Your code proves you were invited and is deleted at submission. About 1–2 minutes per question.

Anonymous Ballot

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How your vote stays private →

As shown on a student's phone

Step 8 · The "aha" moment

Because True Anonymity measured briefing, voting, abstention, and trust…

Why this step matters: A spreadsheet of responses tells you what people picked. Because True Anonymity collected briefing engagement before voting opened and abstention reasons during voting, the report can tell you whether the result is strong enough to act on — mandate, turnout, comprehension, trust, and a specific institutional next step. This is what normal forms miss.

Ready to run this with your school?

The demo you just walked through is the real workflow. The only differences in production: real votes use one-time codes you distribute (QR or email), real ballots get counted, and the report is generated from actual responses — not simulated data.

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