MiniLA Bgm
A digital tool with which Mini-LA runs its mayoral election paperlessly - from registering candidates to the result as a PDF export.
minila-bgm.apps.common-digits.de/login (opens in a new tab)On television
Germany's Tagesthemen reported on Mini-LA.
The Mini-LA children's play town and its mayoral election featured in Tagesthemen, the ARD's late-evening news programme. The report shows election day in Langenargen - and the election that was counted with our tool.
tagesschau.de - Tagesthemen, ARD (in German)
Screenshots
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enlargeRegistering candidates for the mayoral election 
enlargeRecording and counting the votes from the ballot boxes live 
enlargeDetailed result with vote distribution and PDF export
Demo views for illustration - no real user data.
Starting point
Mini-LA, the annual children’s play town in Langenargen, elects its own mayor and town council during the holiday week. Until now the election ran entirely on paper: candidates were noted down by hand, ballots counted with tally marks and the result pieced together laboriously - error-prone and slow, especially when many volunteers are counting at the same time.
Approach
We built a lean tool that covers the whole election digitally: create candidates, record the votes from the ballot boxes directly and add them up live. At the end the result is available as a clear ranking with the vote distribution - and can be exported as a PDF with one click, for pinning up and for the archive.
Outcome
Mini-LA’s mayoral election now runs paperlessly, faster and without counting errors. The children experience a real, transparent election - from standing as a candidate to the printed result.