Voting 1.7 includes the following feature enhancements and bug fixes:

• The link in the prepopulated content included ballot introduction will be updated to include the correct link to vTools Voting.
• Volunteers will be able to update the close date and time for an election without causing an error.
• The date and time selected will be validated to ensure it is greater than the current date and time set on the ballot.
• The preview of the published ballot will be corrected to display all of the ballot content within the ballot “margins”.
• The ballot dashboard will include all ballots including draft ballots with missing start and end dates/times.
• Volunteers will be able to download election results using IE8.
• Volunteers will be able to insert active links into the ballot introduction and/or voter email content.
• The voter email editor will include prepopulated content that volunteers can use to send to the voters.
• The published ballot will clearly indicate how many candidates can be selected for a position.
• The voter email webpage will include help text to inform volunteers that the email sent to the voters automatically includes a footer with help information and a link to vTools Voting.
• Active links included in the voter email will be received uncorrupted with the link contents maintained.
• Whenever an election email is sent by the election manager via vTools Voting, they will receive the voter email also.
• A voter’s list of ballots will be displayed in descending order with the latest ballots listed first.
• Voting web pages will be updated to include ‘Sign in’/’Sign Out’ notation so as to align with the IEEE web site style guide.