Live telling on the doorstep and at the polling station.
Create a filter to target the electors you want to turn out. Tellers mark them off at the station as they vote and knock-up teams mark them off at the door, both updating the database and automatically marking them off the list to avoid awkward double-knocking.
On polling day, filter to the electors you want to turn out, using the data you have already collected on the doors.
A tellerTeller nounThe volunteer who stands outside a polling station on polling day and asks voters for their elector number as they arrive or leave. Giving a number is voluntary for the voter.In Cadrify Cadrify gives every teller a phone screen to mark numbers off against, feeding the knock-up list straight away.Full definition → can enter an elector's polling number, name or address at the polling station to mark them off, and the knock-upKnocking up nounCalling at the homes of identified supporters who have not yet voted, to remind them and offer help getting to the polling station.In Cadrify Cadrify builds the knock-up list from door-knock scores and teller returns, and sends it straight to the phone so no volunteer calls at the same door twice.Full definition → rounds pick up the mark within 5 seconds. No admin has to reprocess a paper list.
How polling day works
Build the telling rota
The rota is each polling station's timetable, tracking who is where for all voting hours. Add shifts by choosing a station, a start and end time for your volunteer, and they will block it out on the calendar. Gaps show in red with the hours still uncovered. Each block is a tellingTelling nounRecording the elector numbers of people who have voted, collected outside the polling station by volunteers called tellers.In Cadrify Cadrify takes teller returns from a phone and updates every knock-up list at once, so the knocking effort concentrates on supporters who still have not voted.Full definition → assignment on that volunteer's home page, and each has its own QR code for a teller without an account.
Volunteers can also claim cover themselves from the Cover page, picking a station and a time, whichever fills the rota faster.
Tell at the station
The teller's screen shows the station, their shift and a countdown to the close of poll. Type the polling number and tap Mark voted, or search the station's voter list by surname and tap the name.
If the teller is offline, data entry is queued on the phone and sent as soon as there is signal.
Knock up the supporters who have not voted
Door-knockers work through the voters you need to turn out, built from your own filter. As they speak to voters on the doorstep, they can mark them off as voted, and remove them from future rounds.
Data from the tellers streams in live, so they will not knock a household that has already voted.
In practice
The week before polling day
Build the rota and send each teller their assignment or a QR code for their shift. Save the knock-up filter on the ward so every round starts from it. Link the ballot and sync the stations before the day, so telling marks have somewhere to land.
A teller with no account and no signal
Print or text them the QR code for their shift. They scan it, give their name and start telling. Marks queue on the phone in the village hall with no reception and send when they step outside. If they hand the phone to the next teller, the queue carries on.
Mid-afternoon, one station is quiet
Turnout by the dashboard is behind where the door-knocking suggested it should be. Still to turn out gives the number, and assigning the station's rounds with the knock-up filter puts those doors on phones.
After 22:00
The marks tellers took are already on each elector's record. When the council's marked register arrives, import it or digitise the paper copy, and the electors tellers missed are filled in. Next time, you can filter on who voted last time.
FAQ
Does telling work without a signal?
Yes. Marks go into a queue on the phone and send when the connection returns, with a status bar showing what is waiting. The queue survives a page reload, and another phone opened on the same shift picks up any marks still in flight.
What does a teller see?
The electors registered at their station, by polling number and name, and which of them have voted. A QR code for a telling shift always records the teller's name, because they are looking at register data.
Where do the polling stations come from?
From the national polling station lookup, which carries the polling station data councils publish before each election. Cadrify asks once per postcode in the ward and records the station for each elector. Anything missing can be added by hand.
How does a knock-up list stay current?
A vote is one fact on the elector's record, whoever recorded it. A teller's mark, a Voted tick at the door and the marked register all write the same thing, and the filter on a knock-up round reads it. The door-knocker's screen picks up new marks every 5 seconds.
What if a teller marks the wrong person?
The recent marks list on their screen has an undo on each. The mark is voided rather than deleted, so the record shows what happened.
Can a volunteer pick their own telling shift?
Yes. The Cover page shows every station's gaps and a form to claim a start and end time. The claim creates the same telling assignment an organiser would.
Is there a cost on the day?
No. Telling, the rota, knock-up rounds and the dashboard are all included. Only broadcast email, per-address geocoding and AI features are metered, as set out on the pricing page.
What this means for your campaign
The day runs on the data you built all year. Tellers, knockers and the organiser look at one register. A vote recorded by any of them reaches all of them, so the knock-up listKnock-up list nounThe polling day list of identified supporters who have not yet voted, ordered so a volunteer can walk it, refreshed through the day as more numbers come in.In Cadrify Cadrify rebuilds it continuously from teller returns and door-knock scores rather than at set times.Full definition → shrinks as the day goes on.
Set it up in the week before: link the ballot, sync the stations, fill the rota. On the day the organiser's job is to read the dashboard and move people to where the gaps are.
See Cadrify in action
Book a demo and we will walk you through it on a real ward.
- Electoral registerImport the roll, match records across imports and track every change.
- Marked registerScanned marked registers read into turnout on each elector's record.
- Filters & targetingDrag-and-drop filters over the register, used by rounds, drops and dashboards.
- Door-knockingRounds from the road network, recorded at the door on any phone.
- Leaflet roundsDrops on the ward's rounds, handed out by link, sheet or QR code.
- PhonebankingCall lists from your contacts, a script and a one-at-a-time call screen.
- VerificationSample the count box by box and read a live projection with a margin of error.
- Events & sign-upsSign-up pages, QR check-in and consenting attendees saved as contacts.
- Supporter actionsPetitions, open letters and forms on a public link, with consenting signers saved as contacts.
- Fundraising betaDonation pages on your own Stripe account, recorded for the PPERA return.
- Posters & boardsPoster and board requests on a map, bundled into rounds for volunteers.
- Election paperwork betaPrint-ready nomination packs, each candidate entered once.
- Activists & CRMMember, supporter and volunteer records, matched to the register.
- Data & complianceAudit trail, subject access, erasure and access control.
- Gamify your campaigningLive leaderboards, a level ring and a trophy case for every volunteer.