Wesley Donehue and Jordan Von Tress are the brains behind VoterFetch. They’re both consultants in my native state of South Carolina. I’m intrigued by some of the possibilities with VoterFetch so I decided to mention it here.
Phone-banking has always taken a lot of organizational efforts and resources in campaigns. You have to find a physical location to have your volunteers come in and make the calls. You have to actually find the volunteers. The list goes on and on. VoterFetch aims at removing the physical location and phone line barriers by allowing the volunteer to make the calls from home. There have been campaigns giving lists to volunteers to make calls at home, but I have yet to see anyone else doing what VoterFetch does in this area.
The FAQ for VoterFetch is a pretty good summary of current and future capabilities.
Volunteers log in to VoterFetch and download call lists that have been placed there by the campaign. As they make their calls, they log the results online and the campaign gets them in real time. There is also an offline mode that allows the results to be uploaded later.
Currently, their program is not set up to integrate VOIP systems, but they are exploring that as a possibility in the near future. Their pricing is based on the level of office your candidate is running for. They have demos available (see their website for more information.)
Other possible uses are mentioned in the FAQ. Additionally, VoterFetch can be integrated with CiviCRM and Salesforce. It can also be customized to match a campaign’s website. They also seem to be looking into developing an iPhone app. Please also note that they only work for Republicans.
The below video is from VoterFetch.com:
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Curious about the integration with civicrm – can you flesh this out some more. I have not seen this being discussed on civicrm forums. Any pointers? Thanks
Pete,
This is what their site has on that subject:
I’d recommend contacting them directly for more specific information.