In my village we believe in democracy. And in my village we don't use much discord or any other third-party programs. So taking decisions in group is extremely difficult, considering the different timezones and the lack of in-game content that allows elections to properly happen.
For that, I propose a ballot box.
A ballot box would be a special container. Once it is built, each character with trespassing permissions will be able to put one, and only one, piece of parchment in the box. Anyone with vandalism permissions is allowed to open the ballot box, being able to remove and read all the parchments.
In villages, a cairn would be setup in the voting area, enabling the "voters" only trespassing permission, and the "mediators" with vandalism permissions.
The advantage of this item would be to make hearthlings less depenedent on external websites and programs when it comes to polls and plebiscites. I know that most of the villages are small and don't need such a robust system, but there are some bigger villages, and even realms, that frequently do these kinds of votes to take decisions.