A full-stack voting application for a professional business fraternity, facilitating a streamlined, real-time voting experience for Rush Week bid night, eliminating inefficiencies caused by manual and common Google Form processes.
During Rush Week, 90–120 pledges (prospective members) are considered for admission into the fraternity. Historically, voting has relied on manually creating Google Forms for each pledge, which is time-consuming and lacks real-time monitoring. Key issues include:
- 🔍 No visibility into who has or hasn't voted
- 🧾 Manual form creation for every pledge
- 🔌 Disconnected user experience
- 🧠 Difficulty coordinating in high-pressure, real-time settings
Develop a web-based, real-time, scalable voting application that simplifies pledge voting and increases transparency, accuracy, and speed.
- Administrators: Users who create rooms, start and close votes, and monitor participation.
- Participants: Users who join rooms and cast their votes on each pledge.
- 🏗️ Room creation and invitation system
- 👀 Real-time display of participants in the room
- 🗳️ Voting initiation, active voting, and closing phase
- 📊 Live feedback on voting status (who voted, who hasn’t)
- 📡 Scalable to 90–150 users per room
- 💻 Mobile and desktop friendly
By leveraging modern technologies and real-time architecture, this application aims to significantly improve the Rush Week voting process for the fraternity. The shift from manual Google Forms to a centralized voting platform will increase participation visibility, reduce overhead, and create a smoother experience.