(Alternative question: If there are, can you point them out?)<p>I'm looking for a voting/election tool to conduct a large variety of surveys.
The type of survey may be anything from less serious ("pancakes or cookies at the party?") to more serious/official/anonymous (elections).
Surveys are typically small: there are few questions with possible answers being mostly yes/no or a list of candidate names (elections).
The number of participants in the surveys might become large (<10 to >1000). Fancy features (e.g. statistics, user behaviour, ...) are not required.
For the more serious surveys/elections, reliability is a key requirement.<p>There are a large variety of survey tools online available, which I would categorize like this:<p>1. Professional: They offer a range of plans (usually a basic plan/trial is free) and are rich in features; they typically work well.
PROBLEM: Usually expensive; their low-end (free/cheap) plans are often limited in users (e.g. free for <30 participants).<p>2. Hobby: These are limited in features but free; they don't always work well.
PROBLEM: Unreliable. It's hard to get people to vote as it is. People receiving multiple invitations to vote is problematic. People receiving no invitation to vote is unacceptable in some cases (e.g. elections).<p>I'm a firm enemy of NIH, so it would be preferable if some alternative could be found.
Because investing the time to create a secure, usable voting system takes time, energy, and financial resources.<p>Few people are willing to do that much work for no financial reward.