# What is “No-login voting”?

No-login voting is audience voting for awards or choices through a public web link or QR, with duplicate protection but no account, and results that can display live.

Also called: public audience voting, login-free voting

SSociana team·19 Oct 2026·2 min read

## No-login voting in detail

Awards nights and audience choices need quick, broad participation. No-login voting lets anyone in the room, or anyone with the link, cast a vote in a browser. The organiser sets the question or the nominee list, the voting window and the protections against repeat votes, such as one vote per device or per code, and results can be shown on a venue screen or held until the reveal. Because nothing is installed, turnout is limited by attention, not setup. The trade-off is identity: anonymous votes carry less assurance than authenticated ones, so for a formal or high-stakes outcome the organiser might require login or a code. Sociana's awards and nominations capability covers the wider flow, including nomination and recognition. As with all public flows, be clear about what counts as a vote, publish the closing time and decide in advance how ties and disputes will be resolved. Rehearse on stage with a fallback.

## How Sociana uses it

No-login voting is a public web flow sharing the live polls engine, with duplicate-protection options and venue-screen display.

## Example

An awards segment can show a QR so the audience votes live without installing the app.

[Live polls & votingWhere this term lives in the Sociana app.See how it works](https://sociana.in/features/live-polls-and-voting/)

## Questions

How is duplicate voting limited?

With duplicate protection such as one vote per device or per code, which the organiser configures for the voting window. The organiser sets the question or the nominee list, the voting window and the protections against repeat votes, such as one vote per device or per code, and results can be shown on a venue screen or held until the reveal.

Is it suitable for formal awards?

For low-stakes audience choices, yes. For formal outcomes, consider requiring login or a code, since anonymous votes carry less assurance. Awards nights and audience choices need quick, broad participation. An awards segment can show a QR so the audience votes live without installing the app.

Can results be hidden until the reveal?

Yes, results can be held back or shown live on a venue screen, depending on how the organiser sets the poll. No-login voting is a public web flow sharing the live polls engine, with duplicate-protection options and venue-screen display. No-login voting is audience voting for awards or choices through a public web link or QR, with duplicate protection but no account, and results that can display live.

## Keep reading

[Live polls & voting](https://sociana.in/features/live-polls-and-voting/)[Awards, nominations & jury voting](https://sociana.in/features/awards-and-nominations/)[Awards & nominations nights](https://sociana.in/event-types/awards-nights/)[Festivals & cultural events](https://sociana.in/event-types/festivals/)[No-login poll](https://sociana.in/glossary/no-login-poll/)[Live poll](https://sociana.in/glossary/live-poll/)[Venue screen](https://sociana.in/glossary/venue-screen/)[How to run audience voting without an app download](https://sociana.in/guides/audience-voting-without-app-download/)

[Back to Glossary](https://sociana.in/glossary/)

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