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Phonebank for abortion rights at stake in Wisconsin Supreme Court Election

The Wisconsin Supreme Court race could decide abortion rights and 2024 rules in key battleground. Susan Pfeiffer, veteran phone phonebank organizer explains how tech enabled volunteers are making calls to get out the vote in a new podcast. “This election is the most important election in the country in 2023 because Wisconsin is the tipping …

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Canvass better for less money with affordable tech to make sure no voter is left behind

Affordable tech to canvass better

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Technology, Software, and Apps / By Deepak Puri

Canvass better to get out the vote and fight voter suppression. It’s hard when there are thousands of people to contact with a few volunteers in a short period of time with very little money. That’s where smart, affordable tech makes a huge difference. Where are the people you’re trying to contact? Which areas should …

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Black Voters Matter uses bus tour to get out the vote

BLACK VOTERS MATTER Bus Tour Gets Out The Vote

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mapping and Story Mapping, Route planning / By Deepak Puri

Black Voters Matter’s bus tour engages Black voters, faith-based leaders and HBCU students to get out the vote. A good campaign such as a bus tour, voter registration drive, speech tour or a big fundraiser needs planning. How do you plan an event and manage the logistics with team members in different locations and different …

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Canvass better. Plan walking routes with smart apps like FedEx

Canvass better: Plan your routes with smart apps like FedEx does

Leave a Comment / Conducting surveys, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Route planning, Technology, Software, and Apps / By Deepak Puri

FedEx delivers millions of packages every day. Use the same tech-savvy approach to canvass better. Delivering packages and contacting voters are similar: How do you reach more people, faster with fewer workers? It pays to work smarter, not harder. Businesses have spent millions of dollars solving this problem as it lets them get more done …

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Canvass smarter by assigning volunteers to areas they will be most effective using geotargeting

Assign canvassers to areas where they have more in common with residents with geotargeting

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Geotargeting, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mapping and Story Mapping, Targeting and Geotargeting / By Deepak Puri

Assign canvassers with geotargeting to areas where they’ll be most effective. People respond better to those they can relate to. Choose canvassers that best match that area they’ll be canvassing based on a range of characteristics such as age, gender, race, background and more. This approach can be used with any canvassing app or turf …

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Political billboards work

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV) / By Deepak Puri

Reach busy voters where they spend a lot of their time on the road – with billboards. Billboards cost a fraction of many online outreach campaigns. They are targeted to issues that matter to the local community and are reach the busy voter who may not spend much time on a computer. Billboards reinforce messages …

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Get out the vote with geotargeted campaign reminders

Get out the vote with geotargeted reminders

Leave a Comment / Geotargeting, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV) / By Deepak Puri

Every vote matters – especially in a tight race. How does a grassroots campaign make sure its most likely supporters get out to vote? Geotargeted reminders. We haven’t got the money, so we’ve got to think – Ernest Rutherford And so it is with underdog campaigns with limited funds. How do you remind your best …

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Canvas better with free innovative app to fight voter suppression

Grassroots canvassing made free and simple

Leave a Comment / Conducting surveys, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

Grassroots groups canvas to register voters and fight voter suppression. “The GOP’s 2022 Strategy: Voter Suppression or Bust. After failing to suppress enough Black votes to steal the 2020 election, Republicans are preparing for a heist the next time around.” – The Nation Fighting voter suppression requires helping eligible voter be prepared to cast their ballot …

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Mark Hamill phonebanks against voter suppression.

Mark Hamill phone banks to fight voter suppression in Georgia

Leave a Comment / Getting Out The Vote (GOTV) / By Deepak Puri

How can volunteers be organized remotely to help others vote? How can celebrities support a cause? How can phone banks be energized with video streaming? How do you extend the impact of your events long after they are over? The Workers Circle is a social justice organization that has powered progressive Jewish identity through social …

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GOTV Concerts organizes virtual concerts to get out the vote.

GOTV Concerts organizes virtual concerts featuring Georgia musicians to get out the vote

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Uncategorized, Virtual Fundraising and Events / By Deepak Puri

Music concerts have moved online. Savvy political organizers are teaming with local artists to organize regional get out the vote events with BigStage and video streaming platforms like YouTube, Facebook Live and Twitch.