Precinct chair welcome section
Thank you for becoming a Travis County Democratic Party Precinct Chair! This section will help to explain most aspects of being a Democratic Precinct Chair here in Travis County.
What does a Precinct Chair do?
What is the Coordinated Campaign?
PC WIKI
Use this WIKI to help familiarize yourself with common terms used in democratic politics
CEC - County Executive Committee - Learn More
TCDP - Travis County Democratic Party - Learn More
GOTV - Get Out The Vote - Get out the vote is a phase in the election cycle that typically begins after the voter registration deadline. After this point, you can not add new voters to the roles and it is time to educate the voters on when where, and how they can cast their ballot.
VAN- Voter Activation Network. VAN
MiniVAN - Mini Van is an app for portable devices to canvass with. it will use a GPS map and a script to allow canvassers to message volunteers and record the results. [ Iphone/Ipad | Android ]
Touch - A political term that is used to describe every time a voter is successfully contacted with an election message
Block Walk - When volunteers/Precinct Chairs go door to door messaging voters.
Turf - An designated area for door to door voter messaging
Cutting Turf - Creating a packet for volunteers to use that contains a script, a map, and a list of voters to message door to door.