TRACK THE VOTE- An Overview -

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PARTNERS

Partners

• Obtain evaluation data and case studies for funders and partners

• Demonstrate capacity of service providers to do voter engagement work

• Build skills of and models for service providers to register and engage voters

GOALS and OUTCOMES

Goals

• 25,000 voter contacts

• 50+ agencies participating

• 3-10 agencies per partner

• 500 tracked contacts per agency

NUMERICAL GOALS

Goals

STIPENDS

• $1,000 per participating agency (“participant”)

In addition,

• $5,000 per partner (assuming 5+ agencies participating) – for materials, etc

Stipends

TIMELINE

• Recruitment of Participants…………………….April 15

• Training…………………………………………………..May-June

• Start Activity……………………………………………Mid-July

• Check Ins/Data Collection………….……………2-3 Weeks

• Follow Up Contact.………………………………….October

• Post Election survey.……………………………….Mid-Nov

• Voter File Match…………………………..…………Feb-Mar

• Contact Information: Name, street address, phone and/or email

• Voter Registration: New registration or registration update. Provided cards to send in later?

• Voter Ed/GOTV: Any type of GOTV or Voter Ed contact, e.g. signing up for a vote reminder, voter pledge, voter assistance/education etc. Opt-In/Confidentiality maintained!

VOTER CONTACT

VoterContact

OPT-IN CITIZENSHIP ACTIVITYConfidentiality Maintained

• Voters Opt-In• Data is collected and kept confidential

– Only used for follow up and match– No sharing – names used by partner and participant only– All copies destroyed

• Two uses of data:1) Follow Up that is requested by voter2) Voter file match: Done and reported on in

the aggregate

Opt-InActivity

• Copies made of forms, cards, etc• Copies collected by partner for data entry• Partner enters data into google spreadsheet

using a Google form

COLLECTING THE DATA

Data

COLLECTING THE DATA

Data

COLLECTING THE DATA

VOTER FILE ACCESS (optional)

• Access: Through a state partner or NPV• Before election: Upload contact data for

follow up or other analysis• After election: Match to see if contacts voted

VoterFile

• By Partner– Postcard Mailing– Other: Phone bank, E-mail?

• By Participant (optional/will vary)

FOLLOW UP

How?

POST ELECTION REPORT!

• Participant Survey: 5-10 questions for each participant

• Case Studies: One or two per state/partner• Voter File match: In February-March• Final Report to partners and participants

Report

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Julian Johannesenjulian@nonprofitvote.org