1. Log into ASP’s WordPress site
2. Select “ASP-AFG Archives” site from “My Sites” list of ASP sites in upper left corner, then select Dashboard. NOTE: Only the Secretary, List Administrator and Founders have this level of access.

3. Select “Democracy” from top banner, then select “Add Poll”

4. Draft Poll – First Steps

• Name Page Appropriately!
  • Pages for Motions should be named “Motion #…”
  • Pages for Elections should be names “Election of TITLE – MONTH YEAR”
  • The name of a poll should not include the name of a member – principles over personalities.

• Date & Times are UTC, which is the successor to Greenwich Mean Time, aka Zulu Time
• You can compare UTC to your local time at https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/timezone/utc
• Remove any extra choice by clicking on the “X” to the right of the extraneous choice.
• Double check to ensure that voters cannot add choices, change choices, etc.

5. Draft Poll – Second Steps

• Copy Name of Poll
• Open “Pages” link in a new TAB
• Add New Page

• Paste Name of Poll into Title of Page

• Go back to Edit Poll page tab
• Copy
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  short code

• Go back to New Page tab
• Paste
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  short code

6. Publish Poll

• Select Preview in new tab & double-check; if OK close tab
• Publish new Poll Page by clicking on blue Publish button; press Publish again
• LEAVE THIS PAGE OPEN

7. Post Announcement of Poll to Business Meeting

• Draft your email announcement of the poll to the Business Meeting
• Announcement of Polls on Motions must contain the exact wording of the Motion

8. Add Link to Poll to Announcement

• Go back to your new Poll page
• Click on the link to the page next to “URL”
• Then paste the link in your email.