Canvass and Election captains are needed and will volunteer on a weekly basis at the Coordinated Office until the election, especially weekends and the GOTV (Get Out The Vote) days, i.e. Nov. 2, 3, 4, and 5. You can catch up on training information through the Coordinated Office. The roles are:
- Confirm Captain: calls volunteers who have signed up to canvass, calls to remind them, and leaves a message if necessary.
- Sign-In Captain: signs in volunteers, gets their name, phone, email, also tries to persuade them to sign up for more days. Keeps tally and reports numbers to the Staging Location Director (see below).
- Phonebank & Canvass Captain: passes out packets (gets folks to punch in number to Minivan) and keeps track of how many packets go out.
- Training Captain: tells volunteers how to canvass, goes over script, and how to use Minivan and other canvassing info.
- Staging Location Director: helps with setup and teardown, helps other captains when needed, gets numbers from Sign-In and Canvas Captains, is responsible for sending the numbers to HQ within 30 minutes (the deadline is important). HQ will call back within 10 minutes to confirm the numbers. This person is also the point of contact with HQ.
There are also more minor roles for large events.
