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

Voter registration drive software — drives that cover every block before the deadline.

Eligible voters captured on the registrar's phone or tablet. Address validated before they walk away. Every block on the coverage heatmap colored as it gets canvassed. Deadline counter ticking on the campaign dashboard so you know where to surge volunteers tomorrow.

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WARD 8 · 11 DAYS · 78% TO TARGET
Beacon dashboard for a voter registration drive — 2,418 registrations captured, daily velocity, coverage by ward, days to deadline countdown
Built for  deadline-driven registration · campus drives · naturalized-citizen outreach · pre-registration · grant-funded nonprofit programs part of the CNX Suite · with CampaignCNX+ & Alma

— Coverage

The blocks you've covered, in color, in real time.

Polygon a ward or neighborhood. Watch the map fill in as registrars work it. Light blocks haven't been canvassed yet. Dark blocks are saturated. The campaign manager 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

Drive coordinator at the desk. Registrar at the table. Same record.

No paper applications going home with errors. No spreadsheet reconciliation the night before the deadline. Every registration writes to the same record the drive coordinator sees on the dashboard.

/01 — DESK

Drive console

Set the target, draw the catchment area, assign volunteers, watch the count climb. The deadline-aware dashboard your 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

Registrar app

What your volunteers actually use at the table or the door. Application screen, validation, signature capture, sync. Works offline; queues for when signal 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

Every registration pings the dashboard in real time. Coverage by block, registrations by registrar, deadline countdown by the hour — the numbers your funder will read in the impact 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

The registration is the start, not the finish.

Capture the address, the email, the phone, the language preference. The new registrant lands in a follow-up queue with automatic reminders — confirm the registration went through, remind them of the upcoming election, push them 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

From kickoff to filing deadline in four steps.

The same loop whether you're running a campus drive in the last week before deadline or a year-long county-wide registration program.

/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, campus zones. Assign volunteers, set per-zone quotas. Coverage heatmap colors blocks as they get canvassed.

/03

Capture & validate

Registrars run the application screen. Required-field check, address validation, signature pad, ID confirmation. Offline-safe; 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 — confirmation, election reminder, polling-place handoff.

— Drive types

Same data model. The deadline pressure changes.

A 14-day pre-deadline blitz and a year-round nonpartisan civic-engagement program aren't the same job. The platform configures around what each drive is trying to accomplish.

Pre-deadline blitz

The 14-day push.

All hands, hard target. Coverage heatmap surges volunteers to gaps. Hourly velocity vs. deadline. The dashboard the drive coordinator watches every morning of the final two weeks.

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

College and high-school programs.

First-time voters, dorm addresses, pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds where allowed. Tabling at the union, registration at the dorm room door, 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

Naturalization and re-engagement.

For nonprofits running registration as ongoing civic engagement. Newly naturalized citizens, address-change updates, motor-voter follow-up. Grant-ready demographic and geographic reporting baked 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

The questions 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; CSV export for jurisdictions that take digital filing. Address validation upstream cuts rejection rates dramatically.

/Q — VALIDATION

How does form validation work?

Required fields, address format, DOB rule, ID prompt all checked at the table before the registrant walks away. Errors surface in front of them, not three weeks later when the application bounces.

/Q — OFFLINE

Campus quads with no signal?

The mobile app keeps working without cell signal. Registrations are saved on the phone and sent to the server when signal returns. The registrant never knows; the registrar never loses one. 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 volunteer count. Bring 5 staff or 200 volunteers — same price. Six tiers; Starter $59 to Enterprise $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 the month after the drive ends.

/Q — SETUP

How fast can a drive launch?

Most drives are registering inside three days. Same-day account, coverage polygon drawn during onboarding, registrars downloading the app the same afternoon. White-glove onboarding $249–$999 for tight-deadline drives.

— Start registering

Your first registrations come in this week.

Open an account, draw your coverage zone, set the deadline. By Saturday morning your registrars are at the table with form-validated capture and a coverage heatmap on the campaign dashboard.

Setup
Same day
Onboarding
Real person, not a chatbot
Free trial
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