Election Day Overview
Election day is the culmination of months of campaign work. A well-organized GOTV operation can increase your vote total by 5-10%.
Setting Up Your Command Centre
- Your campaign headquarters on election day should have:
- Large screen dashboard showing real-time poll turnout
- Phone bank stations for calling supporters
- Dispatch station for coordinating rides to polls
- Communication hub for connecting with scrutineers
The Pull List System
The pull list is your most important GOTV tool:
- Start with your complete list of identified supporters
- Scrutineers at each poll report who has voted (using the bingo card or electronic tracker)
- Remove voted supporters from the list every 30-60 minutes
- The remaining names are your pull list — people to contact
Scrutineer Deployment
- Station scrutineers at every polling station:
- Morning shift (polls open – 1 PM): Track early voters
- Afternoon shift (1 PM – 5 PM): Peak voting hours
- Evening shift (5 PM – polls close): Final push and poll closing
- Scrutineers should:
- Know their legal rights at the poll
- Have the voter list for their polling station
- Report to HQ every 30 minutes
- Flag any issues immediately
Volunteer Coordination
- Election day requires more volunteers than any other day:
- Canvassers: Door-knock supporters who haven't voted
- Phone bankers: Call supporters on the pull list
- Drivers: Provide rides to the polls
- Scrutineers: Monitor voting at each poll
- HQ staff: Coordinate operations
Using RidingDesk on Election Day
- RidingDesk's Election Day module provides:
- The pull list: supporters not yet marked as voted, strongest first
- A "Voted" button on each name, with undo
- "Upload voted list": a CSV from your scrutineers' sheets marks many at once (by RidingDesk ID, or name plus address, postal code or poll), with a preview of what matches first
- Supporter turnout by poll, updated live
- GOTV reminder sending (email/SMS)