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HOA Proxy Voting Rules by State in 2026: Where Proxies Count and Where They Do Not

Arizona bans proxies outright. Nevada bans them for board elections. Florida and Illinois bar them from board elections too. California will not let one stand in for the secret ballot. This guide sorts all 50 states into four categories, names the statute behind each, and shows where the rule hides when your association act stays quiet.

August 22, 2026Read

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Use Cases

16 min read

Cooperative Election Software in 2026: Housing Co-ops, Ag Co-ops and Worker Co-ops

A cooperative election is not an HOA election with a different name. Patronage weighting, member classes and district directors change how the ballot has to be built, and most voting platforms scope eligibility in a way that quietly breaks district races. Here is what each kind of co-op needs, what six platforms cost, and where each one falls down.

August 22, 2026Read

Parents and students casting ballots on phones outside a school building, illustrating free online school and PTA voting

Use Cases

12 min read

Free School and PTA Election Software in 2026: What "Free" Actually Covers

Schools search for free election software and free downloads, then find a paywall three screens in. Here is the honest split: surveys and polls are free with no cap on responses, building and previewing any election is free, and a real test ballot is free. A published election with a checked roster starts at $4.99 for up to 50 voters. Nothing is downloaded at any point.

August 22, 2026Read

Geometric diagram of board control passing from a developer-appointed board to a homeowner-elected board at turnover

Education

14 min read

HOA Turnover From the Developer: Running the First Homeowner Board Election

Turnover is the one election a community has never run, because the board that would normally run it is the board being elected. Here is what ends declarant control in your state, who is allowed to convene the meeting when no homeowner board exists yet, the records the builder owes you and by when, and how to run the first vote so the result survives its first challenge.

March 22, 2026Read

A geometric video-call grid of board member tiles with one tile resolving into a ballot, representing a vote taken in a virtual HOA board meeting

Compliance

14 min read

Virtual HOA Board Meetings in 2026: Where They Are Legal and How to Take the Vote

Most questions about virtual HOA meetings are really questions about the vote taken in them. This guide maps the remote-meeting authority in seven states, shows the five lines a virtual notice has to add, and walks through the roll-call script that puts a board vote in the minutes with every director named.

August 22, 2026Read

An HOA directors and officers insurance policy open on a boardroom table beside a court summons naming individual directors

Compliance

15 min read

Can HOA Board Members Be Personally Sued Over an Election?

Volunteer directors assume the association pays for everything. Election disputes are where that assumption most often fails: the business judgment rule protects decisions but not skipped procedures, many D&O policies carve election claims out or define them outside "Loss," and an indemnification clause is a promise from the association rather than a payment from an insurer. Here is where the personal exposure actually comes from, with the statutes.

August 22, 2026Read

Four-step diagram of the New Jersey Radburn election calendar: call for nominations 30 to 60 days out, at least 14 days to nominate, notice of election 14 to 60 days out, then election day, followed by a 90-day ballot inspection window

Compliance

12 min read

New Jersey Association Elections: The Radburn Act and Its Regulations, Step by Step (2026)

New Jersey is the only state that governs association elections by administrative rule as well as by statute. The Radburn Act fixed the calendar, defined good standing, and took the nomination process out of the board's hands. Here is the sequence, the citations, and the three regulations a court threw out in 2024.

September 1, 2026Read

Comparison table of the Illinois Condominium Property Act and the Common Interest Community Association Act on quorum, proxies in board elections, ballot distribution timing, and electronic voting

Compliance

11 min read

Illinois Condo and HOA Elections: Two Statutes, Two Sets of Rules (2026)

A Chicago condominium and a townhome association three miles away run their board elections under different statutes, with different proxy rules and different quorum math. Here is how to tell which act governs you, and the calendar each one imposes.

September 1, 2026Read

Diagram of Washington chapters 64.32, 64.34, 64.38 and 64.90 converging on WUCIOA, with the January 1 2026 meetings change and the January 1 2028 repeal date, and a note that the voting section did not come with the meetings

Compliance

12 min read

Washington HOA and Condo Elections in 2026: Four Statutes Becoming One

Washington is mid-way through folding four community association statutes into one. Meeting rules changed for everybody on January 1, 2026. The voting rules did not, and that gap is the single most misread thing about a Washington election this year.

September 1, 2026Read

Three-column diagram of how states treat unpaid dues and the ballot: protected in Texas, suspension authorized in Florida, governing documents decide in most states, with California splitting candidacy from voting

Education

12 min read

Can an HOA Take Away Your Vote for Unpaid Dues? The Answer Is Three Different Answers

One of the most common questions homeowners ask has three correct answers depending on the state. Some states void any attempt to strip an owner of the ballot, some expressly authorize it after 90 days, and California splits the difference in a way almost nobody expects.

September 1, 2026Read

Bar chart of how long association ballots stay inspectable by state: 90 days in New Jersey and one year in California, Florida, Illinois and Washington, with a note that Texas restricts access instead

Compliance

12 min read

Who Can See the Ballots After an HOA Election? Retention, Custody, and Inspection Rights

The ballots do not disappear when the meeting ends. In most states they become association records with a retention clock, an inspection right and a custody chain, and the answer to "can I see who voted" is not the same as "can I see the ballots."

September 1, 2026Read

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HOA Proxy Voting Rules by State in 2026: Where Proxies Count and Where They Do Not

Cooperative Election Software in 2026: Housing Co-ops, Ag Co-ops and Worker Co-ops

Free School and PTA Election Software in 2026: What "Free" Actually Covers

HOA Turnover From the Developer: Running the First Homeowner Board Election

Virtual HOA Board Meetings in 2026: Where They Are Legal and How to Take the Vote

Can HOA Board Members Be Personally Sued Over an Election?

New Jersey Association Elections: The Radburn Act and Its Regulations, Step by Step (2026)

Illinois Condo and HOA Elections: Two Statutes, Two Sets of Rules (2026)

Washington HOA and Condo Elections in 2026: Four Statutes Becoming One

Can an HOA Take Away Your Vote for Unpaid Dues? The Answer Is Three Different Answers

Who Can See the Ballots After an HOA Election? Retention, Custody, and Inspection Rights

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