Volunteers are the most persuasive media a campaign owns.
A neighbor at the door or in a text beats any ad. We recruit volunteers, put them on the right doors with the right script, and track every conversation on Culper.
How do you mobilize campaign volunteers?
Recruit from the campaign's own supporters, onboard each volunteer into one system with a clear role, give them a specific assignment such as a walk route or a texting queue, equip them with a script and survey on their phone, track the work live, and thank them so they come back. URSA runs volunteer programs on Culper, where every door knocked, text sent and sign placed writes back to the voter record.
An ad interrupts. A neighbor gets invited in.
From Sign Up to Election Day
Recruit from the right lists
Supporters identified at the door and by text, donors, endorsers and the candidate's own circles. Every "how can I help?" gets a next step the same day.
Onboard into one system
Volunteers join the campaign in Culper from an invite or sign up link, with a role that controls what they see. No spreadsheets, no group texts of addresses.
Give each one a real assignment
A walk route carved from the voter list, a texting queue, a sign crew route or a polling place shift. Specific, close to home and finishable.
Equip them on their phone
Door scripts, survey questions and the campaign's talking points in the Culper app, so a first time volunteer sounds prepared.
Track it live
Every visit is time stamped and GPS verified. Organizers watch walkers move through the turf and see results land on the coverage map in real time.
Thank them and bring them back
A thank you the same day, results they can see, and the next shift on the calendar. Volunteers who feel useful come back.
Block walking, the way it should work.
Routes carved from your saved lists, scripts and surveys at the door, GPS verified visits, and answers that flow straight into the voter record so the next mailer reaches the right doors.
What Volunteers Do
Block walking
Door to door conversations logged in the Culper app: receptiveness, issues, sign requests and follow ups.
Peer-to-peer texting
One to one texts to voters from the phone or the web, using our persuasion scripts. See P2P texting.
Sign crews
Yard signs and boards placed, tracked on the Culper outdoor map, and collected after the election.
Polling place presence
Shifts outside the 100 foot line at early voting and Election Day locations, with the campaign's card and a friendly face.
Rides and reminders
Neighbors driving neighbors to vote, and the last round of reminders during the chase. See get out the vote.
Events
House parties, meet and greets and kickoffs, with event pages and sign ups that feed back into the campaign's lists.
Every volunteer action becomes campaign data.
A door knocked, a survey answered, a text reply, a sign request: in Culper each one is saved to the voter record, so the campaign's targeting gets sharper every weekend volunteers go out.
How do you recruit campaign volunteers?
Start with people who already support the campaign: supporters identified at the door and by text, donors, endorsers and the candidate's personal network. Ask for a specific shift close to home rather than general help, and follow up the same day.
What app do volunteers use for block walking?
URSA campaigns use the Culper mobile app. Volunteers get walk routes from saved voter lists, follow door scripts, record survey answers and notes, and every visit is time stamped and GPS verified.
How many volunteers does a local campaign need?
It depends on the size of the district and the number of doors and phones in the plan. A small, reliable team working assigned routes every weekend usually does more than a large group that shows up once.
Can volunteers text voters?
Yes, through peer-to-peer texting, where each volunteer sends messages one at a time and answers replies. Culper enforces opt outs and texting hours automatically.
Keep reading.
- CulperCulper is our campaign platform: a voter database you can query in plain English, peer-to-peer texting, SMS and email, GPS verified block walking, sign tracking, coverage maps and a contact history for every voter.
- Peer-to-Peer TextingReal one to one text conversations between volunteers and voters, run on Culper P2P with URSA persuasion scripts, opt outs enforced, one conversation per household, and every answer saved to the voter record.
- Get Out the VoteURSA GOTV programs turn supporters into ballots: a chase list built in Culper, a daily early vote scrub, voting plans, rides, polling place asks and P2P persuasion scripts through Election Day.
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