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noi12.co/OnyC98. Early vote and vote by mail data management. Trainer: Brendan Kelley, Ohio Democratic Party Facilitated By: Katie Ellis, NOI. Introductions. NOI O n Demand Norms Who’s on?. FOLLOWING THE LAW. Elections.neworganizing.com. FOLLOWING THE LAW. www.afj.org.
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Early vote and vote by mail data management Trainer: Brendan Kelley, Ohio Democratic Party Facilitated By: Katie Ellis, NOI
Introductions NOI On Demand Norms Who’s on?
FOLLOWING THE LAW Elections.neworganizing.com
FOLLOWING THE LAW www.afj.org
Story of brendan, data guy • Has worked in Ohio for 7 years • Background primarily in campaign management and field • Saw how good data support could make a big difference • Became ODP Data Director to help campaigns manage data better
Why track early vote data? • Know who will vote • Voters hold onto absentee ballots on average about 2 weeks • They are almost guaranteed to vote • Get ‘em! • Manage GOTV resources better • Every early voter removed from GOTV list is more time and money to turn out other voters
Where to get a list • Data sources • Varies by state (county BOE, SOS, etc.) • Important info • Voters (hopefully w/ unique ID) • Dates of requests, mailed, returns, in-person • Elections Administrators are your friend • (or should be)
Uploading voters to van • Quick Mark • Bulk Upload TALK TO YOUR VOTER FILE ADMIN FIRST!
Removing early voters • Using VAN • Using Excel • VLOOKUP will change your life
Early vote reporting • Metrics to track • Party breakdown (if partisan org or candidate campaign) • Important groups of voters (first-time voters, voters of a particular ethnicity, etc) • Compared to persuasion and GOTV universes • By county and districts (demo % of returns from all voters)
Contact info Brendan Kelley Data Director Ohio Democratic Party Brendan.L.Kelley@gmail.com bkelley@ohiodems.org 614-207-2832
Interdependent Leadership (aka the Snowflake Model) How can I support NOI On Demand? https://act.neworganizing.com/donate/NOD_Donate_08-2012/ Interdependent Leadership