{"id":8234,"date":"2026-05-06T11:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opiumsystems.sk\/?post_type=pripadova-studia&#038;p=8234"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:53:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:53:23","slug":"slovak-bar-association-digital-elections-and-voting","status":"publish","type":"pripadova-studia","link":"https:\/\/opiumsystems.sk\/en\/pripadova-studia\/slovenska-advokatska-komora-digitalne-volby-a-hlasovanie\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovak Bar Association: Digital Elections and Voting\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The whole solution in a nutshell\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Industry<\/strong>&nbsp;Professional Chamber \/ Professional Organization&nbsp;<br><strong>Technology&nbsp;<\/strong>Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, Opium platform&nbsp;<br><strong>Result:<\/strong>&nbsp;Secure digital elections and hybrid voting&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Slovak Bar Association (SAK) needed to ensure reliable, secure, and transparent elections and voting during the 2025 Advocates' Conference \u2013 for both physically present participants and those joining online.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal was to create a solution that could handle high demands for the identity, anonymity, and trustworthiness of the process, while also being easy to use without the need for installing additional applications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Facts in numbers\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Users:<\/strong>&nbsp;more than 7,000 lawyers&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Model&nbsp;<\/strong>hybrid (in-person + online)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Authentication:<\/strong>&nbsp;process-controlled two-factor&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Platform<\/strong>&nbsp;Microsoft 365 \/ SharePoint Online \/ Blockchain&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Results:<\/strong>&nbsp;available in real-time&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Solution<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before SAK, we set up a complete digital election and voting system, from secure login and anonymous voting to automatic result evaluation. We secured voting through an online portal and our on-site hardware kiosks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The solution allowed for:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>individual verification of each voter's identity,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>anonymous voting in bodies from online or from kiosks,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>anonymous voting on regulations via an app or voting devices,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the same comfort for online and in-person participants,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>immediate availability of results without manual processing.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Technology<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire solution is built on SharePoint Online as part of Microsoft 365, which ensures identity, process, and data management. The advantage is that the system doesn't remain a one-off solution, but can also be further used for internal decision-making or voting within the chamber.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Result<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital elections for the Slovak Bar Association proceeded without outages or technical problems, with a high level of security and transparency in a hybrid format accessible to lawyers from anywhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project confirmed that even sensitive and formal processes in professional chambers can be implemented digitally, simply, and reliably, provided the technology is properly designed.&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8321,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":""},"odvetvie":[6],"class_list":["post-8234","pripadova-studia","type-pripadova-studia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odvetvie-sluzby"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opiumsystems.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pripadova-studia\/8234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opiumsystems.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pripadova-studia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opiumsystems.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pripadova-studia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opiumsystems.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opiumsystems.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opiumsystems.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"odvetvie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opiumsystems.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odvetvie?post=8234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}