Run polling day and GOTV

Everything on polling day hangs off the polling station list. This guide covers the sequence from a synced station list to a live, self-correcting knock-up operation on the day.

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01

Sync polling stations, a day or two before

Cadrify pulls the day's ballot in automatically, so there is no date to type in by hand. Syncing matches every elector's postcode to the station serving them. Do this early enough to add any station that has not been published yet, by hand.

02

Build the telling rota

Put blocks of cover on a timeline running the polling hours. Assign a volunteer to each block yourself, or let volunteers claim gaps themselves from the GOTV dashboard, whichever fills the rota faster.

03

Tell at the station

Tellers mark voters off by name or polling number as they come out. Marks come through live, so nobody on the knock-up list is chased after they have already voted.

04

Knock up your supporters

Knock-up rounds are ordinary rounds with a narrower list attached, your score one and two electors, minus anyone already marked as voted. Door-knockers work them exactly as they would any other week, and each mark taken anywhere, a teller, a knocker or the marked register, drops that elector off everyone else's list.

What to check
  • A ward needs a dated election ballot linked before any of this works. Link one from the GOTVGOTV nounThe polling day operation of making sure identified supporters actually vote, combining telling outside polling stations with knocking up the ones who have not yet been.In Cadrify Cadrify runs telling and knocking up from the same plan, so a number taken at the station drops off the knock-up list within seconds.Full definition → tab if none is showing.
  • Unresolved electorsElector nounA person entitled to vote who appears on the electoral register at their address.In Cadrify Every elector is a single ongoing record in Cadrify. Door-knock history, score, voting history and contact details all attach to that one person across every register import and every campaign that uses it., ones that could not be matched to a station, never appear on 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 → lists. Clear them before building rounds.
  • Coverage has to sit inside the polling hours, 07:00 to 22:00.

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Run the rest of the campaign

Import the electoral register

Upload the file, map the columns once, and every future file from the same council imports itself.

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Generate a door-knocking round

From a ward boundary to a printed, assignable round in a few minutes.

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Run a leaflet drop

Reuses the ward's existing rounds, so a drop is ready to assign the moment it is created.

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Build a phonebank

Call lists from your own filters, scripts included, every response fed straight back to the record.

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Produce nomination papers

Enter a candidate once, generate every council form, signatures still wet ink.

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Review and match records

New register rows get scored automatically. Only the unclear ones need a person.

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Import postal, proxy and elector changes

Postal, proxy and elector detail updates in seconds, matched on register number, no mapping and no review queue.

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Digitise a paper marked register

Scan, upload and choose who reads the marks, your volunteers or Cadrify's reader with a human check on the rest.

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Bring in a volunteer with a QR code

A one-time QR code opens one task for one volunteer, no account needed, active in under a minute.

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Plan a poster round

Bundle poster and posterboard requests into a round, assign it and watch delivery happen live.

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Run an event

A public sign-up page and a QR check-in screen, with every attendee added to your supporter database.

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Run a fundraiser

A donation page on your own Stripe account. Money goes direct, and Cadrify adds 0.5%.

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Create a petition or action page

Petitions, open letters and forms on a public link, live in minutes, every response added to your supporter database.

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Set up casework

One representative per area, matched by GSS code, and volunteer access gated behind a data-protection tick.

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Build the EC return

Cadrify assembles the return, your agent signs it, and the download is the Commission's own workbook.

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Build a filter and save an audience

Drag and drop a condition tree once, check the count, then save it as a filter or a reusable audience.

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