Archives: VoteBuilder Tutorial

  • Tips for Organizing Lists

    Organizing your lists is important, because as you will soon see, the number of lists you have grows exponentially and you are not always going to remember what you named them.  So you want a naming convention that is easy to recall and recognize. Think of a 4-drawer vertical filing cabinet.  The drawers are the…

  • Create Lists Using Householding

    Householding is a specific type of Multi-step List.  It allows you to expand your list to include others in the household of a voter meeting your other criteria.  Similarly, you can limit your list to only one voter per household.  1. Create your list specifying Hillsborough, precinct, party, voting history, etc.  Use any criteria you…

  • Create a Multi-Step Lists

    Some lists cannot be produced in one pass through the criteria.  The following lists would require two or more steps to produce:  You are conducting a multi-purpose canvass in which you would like to do Street Leader recruitment and reach out to New Democrats in your canvass area as well.   You are doing VBM enrollment…

  • Use Scores to Select Left Leaning NPAs

    Lists produced using Scores have proven to be more reliable than the lists produced using FDP Targets, however the exact definition of each score has not been provided by the FDP.  They have been requested, and if and when they are made available, the information will be forwarded to you via the Weekly Digest and…

  • Use FDP Targets to Create Lists

  • Create Lists of Dems Not Enrolled in VBM

    1. Create a new list specifying Hillsborough, precinct(s), and Democrat.   2. Scroll to the Early Voting criteria box.  3. Select Exclude and Anyone Who Requested a Ballot.  

  • Create Lists Limited by Canvass Status

    1. Create a New List.   2. Open Canvass Status.  3. First you must select the basis on which you want the system to limit the list: You will see the following options:  4. If you select Exclude, several canvass statuses will be checked in the upper portion of the box.  They are the standard…

  • Create a Negative List

    Creating a “Negative” List could be useful for canvassing non-registered people who live in a predominately Democratic area.  1. Open the Home Districts criteria box.2. Select County and Precinct:3. Click on Street Name. A list of all streets in the selected precinct will be displayed. 4. Open the Party criteria box. 5. Select ALL Parties: …

  • Create a List for a Specific Race

    1. Create a New List.   2. Open the Home Districts criteria box.  3. Select County.  Several new fields will be displayed.  Note that the Congressional, State Senate, State House, School District, and districts for that race. Commission fields are all blue.  That means each is a link to a list of available. DO NOT select…

  • Create Lists that Include Multiple Precincts

    1. Create a New List. 2. Open the Home Districts criteria box.  3. Select County   The Precinct field is now displayed in is blue indicating it is a link to all available precincts.  4. Click on the link.    A list of all precincts will be displayed.  5. Check the box next to as…