Boards can survey the membership and publish the survey results, provided they keep owners' responses anonymous. By statute, a secret ballot must be used for special assessments, election and removal of directors, amendments to the governing documents, and grant of exclusive use of common area property. (Civ. Code § 5100(a).) Since a survey does not fall into any of these categories, it can be done by any of the following:

ballots
email
online services such as SurveyMonkey.com or SurveyGizmo.com

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