Anyone who has ever taken part, even from a distance, in organizing local elections knows that behind every ballot slipped into a box lies an entire world. A world made up of operators collecting data from polling stations, officials verifying it, offices aggregating results, and systems publishing them — or at least trying to. And all of this must happen within a few hours, often overnight, while the city waits to find out who won.
For years, this work has been done almost entirely by hand. Papers, phone calls, forms to fill out, emails to send, and numbers moving from one desk to another. The result? Delays, errors, stress — and a kind of transparency that often exists only on paper.
Yet this process sits at the very heart of democracy: voting — the moment when citizens participate and place their trust in the system. But if electoral data is collected with fragmented tools or shared too slowly, that trust risks being weakened.
A Data Problem, Not a Democracy Problem
The issue isn’t political, it’s operational. Local governments, especially municipalities, face an enormous task with limited resources and outdated tools. During an election, every minute matters: collecting votes from the polling stations, validating them, publishing the results. Everything must run with absolute precision. But without a single, digital system, the machine slows down. A file arrives late, a number is copied incorrectly, a result gets stuck, and communication breaks down.
That’s where eVote, the platform developed by LikableHair, comes in: designed to digitize and coordinate the entire electoral reporting process.
How eVote Works
The idea is simple: centralize, automate, and make every stage transparent. eVote receives data directly from polling stations, aggregates it in real time, and immediately makes it available for verification and public communication.
Municipal staff work from a digital dashboard that displays real-time turnout, counting progress, and partial or final results. No more spreadsheets updated manually or numbers reconciled over the phone: everything is tracked, validated, and synchronized. And for citizens? There’s a public, always-updated online portal where official results can be viewed in real time — a simple way to restore transparency, immediacy, and trust to one of the most important moments of civic life.
More Trust, Less Bureaucracy
This is eVote’s real strength: it reduces bureaucracy and builds trust. On one side, municipal offices save time, reduce human error, and work more efficiently. On the other, citizens see a modern administration, one that communicates clearly, promptly, and reliably. It’s a small but significant step toward a more digital and transparent democracy, where technology doesn’t replace people but helps them do their jobs better.
Digital Transition, Backed by Public Funding
In recent years, several national and European programs, from Italy’s PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) to the Department for Digital Transformation, have made resources available to support the digitalization of public administration. And electoral management is one of the areas that can benefit the most. Thanks to these funding tools, municipalities can adopt platforms like eVote without weighing down their budgets, accelerating digital transformation and ensuring faster, more reliable services for citizens.
Technology That Simplifies Public Administration
eVote isn’t an isolated project. It’s part of a broader ecosystem of solutions designed by LikableHair to make public administration more efficient and accessible.
- ePass, the platform that digitizes urban mobility management and ZTL (restricted traffic zone) permits, centralizing the entire life cycle of passes, from issuance to expiration, and simplifying procedures for both citizens and offices.
- eMarket, which enables the digital tracking and management of recovered goods, turning unused items into valuable resources and promoting a circular economy model for municipalities.
- H24, the management system that coordinates emergency and shelter structures in real time, ensuring safety, transparency, and optimal use of resources.
Three different solutions, one shared mission: putting technology at the service of people and simplifying the work of public institutions.
A Concrete Step Toward a More Efficient and Citizen-Centered PA
Digital transformation isn’t just a technical matter, it’s a cultural choice. It means rethinking how public institutions work, communicate, and engage with citizens. eVote is proof that this transformation can be practical, useful, and accessible to municipalities of any size.
Because a modern public administration isn’t just one that uses technology, it’s one that uses it to make people’s lives simpler and strengthen trust in institutions. And in this journey, solutions like eVote, ePass, eMarket, and H24 are already one step ahead.
