Voter contact tool

From GrassrootsPedia

• Good practice
• Requirements for tools

1. Manage Voter Contact
2. Designate target universe
3. Control access (Geographic, Hierarchal, “Rolled Up”)
4. Support paid and volunteer voter contact programs including mail, phone, canvass
5. Produce multiple output of targeted universe
   1. Batched delivery to vendors
   2. Walk sheets (electronic, hard copy)
   3. Call sheets (electronic, hard copy)
   4. Palm?
6. Capture response data from voter contact programs
   1. Batch, bulk upload
   2. One to one contact information
7. Generate necessary management reports
   1. Voter contact inputs and outputs
   2. Multi-tiered “designated” accountability
8. Visualize information in the form of maps
   1. Remove the need for manual map production for walk lists
   2. Show concentrations of selected voters, such as those who are targeted, contacted, identified as supporters.
9. Other important characteristics
10. Support multiple, simultaneous users
11. Scale to an appropriate size without sacrificing speed/reliability
12. Interface with other relevant systems (data supplier, hygiene, FR systems, vendors, dashboards, etc)
13. Match membership lists / response data back to your voter file
14. Support the development of models and tagging of individual with scores
    1. Persuasion
    2. Partisanship
    3. Turnout
    4. Fundraising
15. Support the development of geographic and demographic vote goals
16. Volunteer management (see separate section)

Contents 1 Software/Vendors 2 Case Studies 3 Related Topics 4 Best Practices

Software/Vendors

• Voter Activation Network (VAN)
• Leverage (Blaemire)
• Astro
• Catalist
• Open source options (Pros and cons, examples)
• Job descriptions (with detailed account of what tasks they do on a daily basis)

Case Studies

Related Topics

Best Practices

• Rootscamp DC Voter File