And not just for Facebook ads, since Virginia Democrats also used a Facebook app that matched the central
voter file with supporters» friend networks.
Not exact matches
Read a Q&A
with Pew Research Center's Ruth Igielnik and Scott Keeter about a recent study about
voter files.
And the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate agreed
with him, as did the vast majority of rank - and -
file members and Democratic
voters.
That suit was subsequently combined
with another civil suit
filed on behalf of the
voters of Dixmoor that seeks to dissolve the Park District.
Also note that companies like Catalist and NGPVAN don't just sell the
voter file; they typically add additional data, for instance by cross-referencing
voter information
with consumer databases to build up demographic profiles of individual citizens.
Not much, compared
with the demographic or
voter -
file targeted banner and video ads that money could.
Often a more effective way to use a large budget is to work
with a firm like DS Political that does
voter -
file targeted display ads.
Got a large budget but not enough time to work
with an outside vendor for
voter -
file targeted display ads?
We were there
with a simple mission: sell the idea of working
with DSPolitical to launch the first
voter file targeted digital ad campaign in British political history.
The DCCC's Brandon English came back
with an excellent reply, that the fundraising paid for millions of
voter contacts that would otherwise not have taken place, and that the D - trip will be going through the
voter file once the data's available to try to quantify any effects.
Critically, your supporters need to CHOOSE to allow your campaign to access their friends, but once they've agreed to do so, the technology matches them
with individual
voters the campaign has prioritized for contact based on its
voter file data.
Because it's not terribly expensive to append email addresses to
voter file records, and tools like NationBuilder can match social media to emails, campaigns can trim direct mail budgets by engaging
with people on social media who they know prefer to talk digitally.
I suppose after the Tories misled
voters at the general election
with a manifesto that could be
filed on the fiction shelf, impersonation is an obvious principle - free option for Conservatives without scruples.
TechPresident reports that the Obama campaign tested their new «Dashboard» system to let volunteers from around the country make calls into Wisconsin, the AFL - CIO has trialed software that matches
voter lists
with volunteers» Facebook friends to let them call targets that they actually know rather than total strangers, and the Walker campaign combined VoIP
with digital
voter files to automate the connection between identification calls and data entry.
Just as campaigns send out «walk lists» of potential supporters for volunteers to visit based on the
voter file, they could provide volunteers
with an «email list» of neighbors for them to contact directly.
Cookie - based
voter -
file targeted ads (like those getting scarce in battleground states) aren't the only arrow in the digital advertiser's quiver: Mitt Romney's now trying to connect
with voters via Pandora internet radio, too.
WASHINGTON -
With low
voter turnout on Long Island expected Tuesday, Rep. Steve Israel announced he would be
filing legislation again to switch the federal Election Day from Tuesdays to the weekend.
According to the contract
filed in North Carolina, Cambridge Analytic will cross reference its
voter data
with lists of existing Heritage donors to ensure it is only providing new fundraising prospects.
Overall, de Blasio spent almost $ 3 million on
voter outreach, according to his
filing's
with the New York City Campaign Finance Board.
Greenport
voters will likely be asked to pierce the state property tax cap this year as school administrators plan for what is expected to be among the largest tax levy percentage increases of any Long Island district, according to data recently
filed with New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office.
So you'll also be asked to enter data into VoteBuilder, the Democratic Party's digital
voter file, whether you have a smart phone to keep in touch
with the campaign, to do distributed phone banking from home via an online integrated platform, and to lend data and profile updates from your social networking profiles (Facebook, Twitter, etc) to the campaign.
All this begs the question: How does Cambridge Analytica then connect up to 5,000 data points of consumer behavior
with American
voter files to build their profiles?
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The company also (perfectly legally) bought consumer datasets — on everything from magazine subscriptions to airline travel — and uniquely it appended these
with the psych data to
voter files.
By comparison, two - term incumbent Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican from the North Country, boasted Monday that she had about 6,400 signatures from GOP
voters on petitions her campaign
filed with the state Board of Elections.
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He's reminding
voters of Fields» well - publicized problems
with her neighbors, who
filed an abuse - of - power lawsuit in 2008.
That's where the poll numbers count, and right now those numbers show that Cuomo's brand of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism isn't sitting well
with rank - and -
file Republican
voters.
Of the 200 absentee ballots issued to
voters in District 2, only 56 belong to registered Democrats; 26 were
filed by
voters with no party affiliation.
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A key element in the Democratic win in Virginia this week was the ability to adapt Obama campaign capabilities to integrate historic
voter file data and recent data from field organizers and partner groups
with analytics capabilities to develop targeting models, representatives from NGP VAN, Blue Labs and the Virginia Democratic Party said in a press call Friday.
«The State Democratic Parties own the
voter file data in Votebuilder and decide what kind of companies the data can be shared
with,» Fishman said in an emailed statement.
(a) Whenever a Party nomination for a public office to be filled at a general or special election is not made at a primary election or by judicial nominating convention, or when no valid designating petition is
filed with the board of elections (1) such nomination shall be made by the Executive Committee if for a public office to be filled by the
voters of a political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous
with the County of New York or the Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by the Executive Committee or a subcommittee appointed by the Executive Committee for that purpose, and (2) such nomination shall be made by the appropriate District Committee if for a public office to be filled by the
voters of a political subdivision wholly or partly contained within, but embracing only a part of, the County of New York or Borough of Manhattan, and any vacancy in a nomination so made shall be filled by a subcommittee appointed by said District Committee for that purpose.
Two months after Foley's relationship to
Voters for Good Government became public in the elections enforcement settlement, Tyrrell
filed papers
with the IRS creating a new independent - expenditure group: Grow Connecticut, Inc..
In the first meetings
with partner groups like Planned Parenthood and the League of Conservation
Voters, «we decided to make sure that everyone was using the same data and working out of the same database,» he said, allowing the groups to feed the supporter data they were gathering into one
file.
The product matches supporters» Facebook friends to the
voter file, then walks supporters through strategically targeted interactions
with their friends.
«We attempted to resolve these issues directly
with voters and encouraged them to
file affidavit ballots, and we also plan to follow up
with BOE on these complaints,» the spokesperson said.
The group of
voters making the nomination may designate a name for themselves, provided the name is rendered in English and does not suggest similarity
with an existing political party or a political organization that has already
filed a nominating petition.
Even though libertarian rank and
file voters are probably more likely to be familiar
with what insider trading is than Dems or Republicans, I doubt that even 20 % of libertarian rank and
file voters could accurately define what insider trading is, and that fewer than 10 % could accurately describe its legal status in the status quo.
Grimm will challenge Donovan on the Conservative Party line via a write - in campaign in the primary election after his campaign circulated and
filed petition signatures
with the BOE for an opportunity - to - ballot, which will allow
voters to write in a candidate on the Conservative line.
Petitions, or
voter signatures of support, have to be
filed with the Board of Elections office by the end of the day.
The result is challenged based on disputed absentee ballots and allegations of
voter coercion, and an appeal is
filed with the state education commissioner.
Registered
voters have a three - day window (not including weekends) after the petitions have been submitted to
file a general objection
with the board of elections.
During the campaign, Mirocznik
filed a $ 1,752.48 contract
with the New York State Democratic Committee for access to
voter software, but the transaction did not appear on bank statements, according to the CFB.
Candidates for the Democratic nomination for attorney general can be nominated at state party committee meetings over the next month or
file petitions
with voter signatures in June to get on the ballot.
After a petition
filed by the NPP alleging that the current
voters» register is bloated
with names of minors and foreigners, the EC announced that the party's claims were not convincing enough to warrant a new register.
On CNN Thursday, Spitzer said those returns, along
with a financial conflict of interest form that he
filed, provided sufficient information for
voters to assess his standing.
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In addition to securing the support of Delegates to the June 2nd Convention, in order to appear as Greens on the Georgia ballot, these partisan candidates are also required to
file petitions
with signatures representing 5 % of the number of
voters who are registered and eligible to vote in November's General Election.
According to campaign reports
filed with the County of San Diego Registrar of
Voters, the campaign committee has accepted tens of thousands of dollars from public employee unions, including the Deputy Sheriffs Association of San Diego County, the San Diego Police Officers Association and the Peace Officers Research Association of California.