Carnival parade & People’s Choice voting built around your event.
Let spectators scan a QR code and vote for floats, vehicles, performers or festival entries from their phone — with category winners, an overall winner and the result visibility your event needs.
One scan. Your event. Your voting rules.
The public experience can stay extremely simple even when the organiser needs categories, an overall result and live reporting behind the scenes.
Add the entries
Set up float or entry numbers, names, photos and categories before the event.
Share the QR
Use one event QR code on programmes, posters, barriers, screens, websites or social media.
Spectators vote
People scan, choose and submit from their phone without creating a voter account.
See the winners
Track results live, keep them private until close, or prepare a final public reveal.
Category winners and an overall winner can come from the same voting system.
There is no single parade-voting rule that suits every carnival. We configure the public vote around the way your event already works rather than forcing the event into a fixed template.
- Float or entry number, name and photo
- One event QR code or individual entry QR codes
- One favourite overall or one vote per category
- Multiple categories plus an overall winner
- Live organiser leaderboard
- Public live results or hidden-until-close results
- Duplicate and abuse review controls
- Result exports and event-specific reporting
Useful anywhere the crowd chooses a favourite.
Three common ways to structure the vote.
One favourite from every entry
Each spectator chooses one entry from the complete parade. VotePin can report the strongest entry in each category and the highest-voted entry overall.
One vote in each category
Spectators choose a favourite in each class. Each category produces its own winner and the method for deciding an overall winner is agreed with the organiser.
Public People’s Choice alongside judges
Keep the event’s existing judging process and run the public QR vote as a separate People’s Choice award.
What organisers usually want to know.
Can one QR code open the whole vote?
Yes. A single event QR can open the complete mobile voting page so spectators do not need to scan each moving parade entry.
Can each float or entry also have its own QR code?
Yes. Individual entry links and QR codes can be included where they suit stationary displays, programmes, assembly areas or promotional material.
Can the public see the results live?
Yes. Results can be public and live, organiser-only while voting is open, or hidden until the event is ready to announce them.
Can we have category winners and an overall winner?
Yes. Categories and the overall winner can be calculated according to the voting rules agreed for the event.
Do spectators need VotePin accounts?
No. The public voting flow is designed so voters can participate without creating VotePin accounts.
What if we expect more than 1,000 voters?
Tell us the likely audience size. For larger public events we scope capacity and test the voting workflow against the expected turnout before Go Live.
Describe the event and we’ll design the voting around it.
This remains a VotePin Built for You service rather than a fixed package. Tell us the entries, categories, expected voters, QR requirements and how you want the winners decided. We’ll recommend the simplest approach and provide a clear proposal before anything is built.