Voting on an Open Motion in DirectVoteLive (DVL)

Applicable Users:

• All Invited Voters

Notes:

• Please note that you must be invited by a Meeting Administrator to vote in a meeting.
• If you are having trouble logging in, see our article: I can’t login to DirectVoteLive (DVL). What do I do?
• If at any time the DVL window or tab has closed, or you receive a message that your session has timed out or expired, log back in via the provided link.

Instructions:

1. Check your email associated with your IEEE Account for the DirectVoteLive meeting invitation and the URL for voting (if you are unable to find the email, you can login to DVL at https://vote.directvotelive.net/login.aspx?o=223).
2. Click on the Meeting URL to log into the meeting.
3. To vote on the motion, locate the open motion and click the Vote button (the motion will not appear until it is opened for voting by the Meeting Administrator).
   If the motion has opened and you do not see the Vote button, refresh your screen by reloading the web page. If that does not work, please contact the DVL meeting administrator or your IEEE SA Program Manager.
4. After selecting Vote, the voting options will appear for the motion.
5. Make your vote selection and click Submit.
6. After clicking Submit, you will see confirmation that your vote has been submitted.
7. To see if your vote has been recorded after the motion has closed, go to the Closed tab. The voting timestamps in DVL are represented as UTC -5 in EST and UTC-4 in EDT.
8. For more information on viewing voting results, see Viewing Results of a Motion in DirectVoteLive (DVL)