Texas Democratic Party Support Hub

Getting Started with Texas VAN 4

• What is VAN?
• Navigating the VAN Request Form
• How do I get trained on VAN?
• Services the Party Provides

VAN Training Videos 1

• Texas Democratic Party VAN Training Videos

VAN Request Form 1

• 2023-2024 VAN Pricing Memo

Logging in 5

• Forgot ActionID Password
• Using your ActionID and Two-Factor Authentication
• Action ID, Two Factor Authentication - 2FA, & VAN Login
• Accepting ActionID and Signing into VAN for the first time
• How to debug basic login issues

Requesting Support 0

Finding Voters 4

• Printing and Exporting Lists
• Searching by Precincts/Districts
• Managing data in Non-Partisan Elections
• Quick Look Up

Admin Responsibilities 3

• Uploading Phone/Dialer Responses
• Appropriate VAN Usage
• Admin Responsibilities

Creating & Managing Users 7

• Creating New Users
• Debugging Basic Login Issues
• Impersonating User Accounts
• Using Export Approval Profiles
• How to Deactivate Or Reactivate Users

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General 4

• Canvass Results and Suppressions
• TDP VAN Targeting Scores
• Voter self-identification
• Survey Questions Guide

Using Lists 3

• Using your lists - VPBs, Turf, and more
• How to lit drop with MiniVAN
• Create A List

Scripts 9

• Creating Scripts in VAN
• Branched Scripts
• Using the Default TDP Scripts in VAN
• Canvass Result Options in VAN Scripts
• 2022 TDP Scripts

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MiniVAN 5

• Building Lists and Canvassing with MiniVAN
• Committing Data
• Running a Block Walk
• MiniVAN Quick Look Up
• MiniVAN AutoCommit

Targets 1

• 2024 TDP Targets txdem.co/TDP-Targets

Data Entry 2

• Ethnicity and Demographic Data
• Best practices for uploading phone responses to VAN

Virtual Phone Banks 6

• Introduction to Virtual Phone Banks (VPBs)
• Creating your VPB and OpenVPBs
• Virtual Phone Bank (VPB) and Open Virtual Phone Bank (Open VPB)
• Using a Virtual Phone Bank
• Best practices for uploading phone responses to VAN

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MyV vs. MyC 4

• MyVoters vs. MyCampaign
• Uploading People into MyCampaign
• Linking People from My Campaign to My Voters
• Merging Duplicates in MyCampaign

Miscellaneous 4

• Fixing mistakes in VAN -- Rollbacks
• Google Sheets - VAN Integration for Bulk Upload and Export
• Bulk Upload & Mapping Template Request FAQ
• Bulk Uploads

Distributed Canvass 2

• Blockwalk a Distributed Canvass
• Distributed Canvassing: A “How To”

Reports 0

Counts and Crosstabs 1

• Counts and Crosstabs - FAQ

Early Vote System 1

• EV - FAQ

CAR Dashboard 1

• CAR Dashboard - FAQ

MobilizeAmerica 1

• Mobilize - FAQ

Hustle 1

• Hustle Best Practices

API Keys 3

• Requesting an API Key
• API Key Expiration Dates
• API Keys and Application Integrations

Voter Registration 1

• 2023 Voter Registration

VAN Resources 7

• VAN and Data Resources txdem.co/data-resources
• 2023-2024 Cycle Survey Questions (SQ) [external] txdem.co/SQ-List
• 2023-2024 MSQs
• 2024 General Election Vote-by-Mail Program Guidance
• 2024 General Election Vote-by-Mail Program Prime and Chase FAQs

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January 2022 1

• 1/6/2022 - Update on 2022-cycle Districts and Precincts in VAN

2021 Email Archive 21

• 1/20/2021 January Updates
• 2/4/2021 February Updates
• 3/5/2021 Change to Mailing Address Bulk Upload Permissions
• 4/22/2021 April Updates
• 5/5/2021 Post-Election VAN Updates

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2024 VAN Update Emails 1

• 2024 Primary VBM Targets & Program Guidance