West Michigan-based cooperative CUSO CU*Answers offers management of your board elections. Credit unions can save time and money by allowing the CU*Answers Earning Edge team to take care of all the necessary configurations for an election process. Keegan Daniel, manager of Earnings Edge said: “CU*Answers will work with credit unions to coordinate and run their board elections with the goal of generating more excitement, more nominees, and gathering a larger number of votes. Not only does this take the day to day work out of the hands of the credit union, but it effectively turns the board election process into a large marketing campaign designed to get greater involvement from the membership.”

The robust CU*BASE® technology platform captures member votes online, while also ensuring that ballots cast are protected from tampering. A mailing service is required to ensure that ballots and other marketing materials are sent out in a timely fashion, and a strongbox is available for receiving member paper ballots until the voting deadline. What sets this model apart from other third parties is that CU*Answers enables credit union members to easily submit their votes while accessing their accounts securely in It’s Me 247 Online Banking. This, combined with the marketing and compliance resources available to the company, make this a complete and affordable service to credit unions looking to take this off their calendars. To learn more about this service visit the CU*Answers website.