WARD 8 DRIVE · 2,418 REGISTRATIONS · 11 DAYS TO DEADLINE

Voter registration canvassing app — drives that cover every block before the deadline.

Beacon runs the field side of a voter registration drive — coverage zones cut, registrars on their phones, and the deadline countdown on the dashboard. Address validation runs at point of entry to catch errors before the registrant walks away, and the coverage heatmap fills in by block as the program runs.

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For: Civic groups & nonprofits
Volunteers: Unlimited
Free trial: 14 days

WARD 8 · 11 DAYS · 78% TO TARGET

— Coverage

Voter registration coverage map — the blocks you've covered, in color, in real time.

Draw a polygon around a ward or neighborhood and the map fills in as registrars work it. Light blocks haven't been canvassed yet, dark blocks are saturated, and the coordinator can surge volunteers to the gaps without driving out to look.

Ward 8 — North 2,140 doors · 81% covered
Ward 8 — Central 1,890 doors · 64% covered
Ward 8 — South 1,425 doors · 38% covered
University District 980 doors · 92% covered
Eastside Apartments 615 doors · 24% covered

Beacon territories page showing color-coded coverage heatmap across a ward with live percentage covered per neighborhood

— The platform

Voter registration drive software — coordinator and registrar on the same record.

Every registration writes to the same record the drive coordinator is looking at on the dashboard, so paper applications going home with errors and spreadsheet reconciliation the night before the deadline aren't part of the workflow.

/01 — DESK

Drive console

The desk-side console for setting the target, drawing the catchment area, assigning volunteers, and watching the count climb. It's the same deadline-aware dashboard the coordinator runs the program from.

Target with daily velocity vs. deadline
Coverage polygon & heatmap controls
Volunteer assignment + per-region quotas
Live registration feed & activity

/02 — DOOR

Voter registration canvassing app for registrars

The mobile side of the platform, with the application screen, validation, signature capture, and sync queue all running on a registrar's phone. Anything captured without cell signal is held locally and synced when the connection returns.

Application screen with required-field check
Address validation at point of entry
Signature pad + ID confirmation prompt
Offline sync · works in campus quads

/03 — MAP

Live coverage tracking

Each registration updates the dashboard as it happens, so coverage by block, registrations by registrar, and an hourly deadline countdown are all visible without anyone needing to run a report.

Real-time coverage heatmap by block
Registrations vs. target with deadline
Top-performing volunteers + locations
CSV / PDF export for board of elections

A volunteer at a civic engagement table assisting a person with paperwork

— Follow-up

Voter registration drive follow-up — the registration is the start, not the finish.

Address, email, phone, and language preference get captured at the table, and the new registrant lands in a follow-up queue. Reminders confirm the registration went through, remind them of the upcoming election, and hand off to a polling-place locator on Election Day.

Confirmation reminder 14 days post-registration
Election reminder 7 days & day-of, with poll location
Language preference 12 supported, per-contact tag
SMS handoff Webhook to CampaignCNX+ for follow-up

— How a drive runs

Voter registration canvassing from kickoff to filing deadline in four steps.

The loop is the same whether the program is a last-week campus blitz or a year-long county-wide registration program. The setup work fits in an afternoon for most drives.

/01

Set the deadline & target

Define the registration deadline and target count. Daily velocity tracking and deadline countdown go live the moment the program starts.

/02

Cut coverage zones

Polygon wards, neighborhoods, and campus zones, then assign volunteers and set per-zone quotas. The coverage heatmap colors blocks as they get canvassed.

/03

Capture & validate

Registrars run the application screen — required-field check, address validation, signature pad, and ID confirmation — all offline-safe so it queues for sync when signal returns.

/04

File & follow up

Export to the board of elections in the format they accept. Registrants enter the follow-up queue automatically for confirmation, election reminders, and polling-place handoff.

— Drive types

Voter registration drive software for every program — same data model, different deadline pressure.

A 14-day pre-deadline blitz and a year-round nonpartisan civic-engagement program are different programs with different data needs. The platform configures around what each drive is trying to accomplish, so the same install handles both.

Pre-deadline blitz

Pre-deadline blitz — the 14-day push.

All hands and a hard target. The coverage heatmap surfaces gaps so the coordinator can reassign volunteers, and hourly velocity tracks against the deadline window.

Captures: Registered · Updated Address · Already Registered · Ineligible

SURGEVolunteer reassignment to under-covered blocks
VELOCITYHourly registration count vs. deadline
VALIDATEAddress + DOB + ID at point of entry
EXPORTBoard-of-elections format export per shift

Campus drive

Campus voter registration drives.

First-time voters, dorm addresses, and pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds where allowed. Tabling at the union and registration at the dorm room door run on the same app, with language preferences captured for international students.

Captures: First-Time · Pre-Reg · Dorm Address · Language

PRE-REGAge-eligible pre-registration where state allows
DORMDorm-address rules baked into validation
LANG12 language preferences for follow-up
FOLLOWElection reminder + polling place handoff

Year-round program

Year-round naturalization and re-engagement.

For nonprofits running registration as ongoing civic engagement, with newly naturalized citizens, address-change updates, and motor-voter follow-up. Grant-ready demographic and geographic reporting is built in.

Captures: Newly Naturalized · Address Change · Re-Registration · Demographics

GRANTDemographic + geographic impact reports
UPDATEAddress-change captures alongside new reg
NATURALMultilingual outreach for new citizens
REPORTOne-click PDF for funders + partner orgs

— Drive FAQ

Voter registration canvassing app FAQ — what drive coordinators ask before they sign.

/Q — FORMS

Will the board of elections accept it?

State-by-state form export with required fields enforced at point of entry. Print-ready PDFs match the form your state requires, and CSV export is available for jurisdictions that take digital filing. Upstream address validation cuts rejection rates.

/Q — VALIDATION

How does form validation work?

Required fields, address format, DOB rule, and ID prompt are checked at the table before the registrant walks away. Errors surface in front of them, instead of three weeks later when the application bounces at the board.

/Q — OFFLINE

Campus quads with no signal?

The mobile app continues to function without cell signal. Registrations are saved to the phone and synced to the server when the connection returns, so the registrant doesn't notice and the registrar doesn't lose the entry. It works in basements, dorms, and dead-zone parks.

/Q — PRICING

Per volunteer?

No — pricing is by the size of the contact universe (registrations + canvass contacts), not the volunteer count, so bringing 5 staff or 200 volunteers doesn't change what you pay. Six tiers, from Starter at $59 up to Enterprise at $599.

/Q — REPORTING

What about grant reporting?

One-click impact PDFs by neighborhood, demographic, language, date, and volunteer. Funders get the breakdown they need without your team spending a week in spreadsheets after the drive ends.

/Q — SETUP

How fast can a drive launch?

Most drives are registering within three days of signing up. The account is live the same day, the coverage polygon gets drawn during onboarding, and registrars download the app the same afternoon. White-glove onboarding ($249–$999) is available for tight-deadline drives.

— Start registering

Your first voter registrations come in this week.

Open an account, draw your coverage zone, and set the deadline. Within a few days your registrars will be at the table with form-validated capture on their phones and the coverage heatmap filling in on the dashboard.

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Setup: Same day
Onboarding: Real person, not a chatbot
Free trial: 14 days, full access, no card