MDP Help Desk

September 26th, 2024 - MI VAN Update Email

Hello Fellow VAN Users,

It was great to see so many of you at the Townhall last week! We have a few updates we wanted to let you all know about.

AV/EV Data

AV/EV Data for the November election is now in Votebuilder. As a reminder, you can find this data in the Early Vote section of Create a List. Included below are screenshots from the Early Vote section and some key search options:


Exclude/Include Only People Who Have “Early or Absentee Voted”: This allows you to include or exclude voters who have already cast a ballot via absentee or early voting. The files we receive from the Secretary of State do not distinguish between absentee and early votes. This field is the best way to capture all votes cast before Election Day.



Ballot Requested: Lets you view all ballots requested by voters in your district.

Ballot Mailed: Lets you see which voters have had their ballots mailed to them by the County Clerk.

Ballot Received: This field captures all ballots received or cast before Election Day.

DO NOT USE the “Early Voted” option! Since our file does not identify Early Votes vs Absentee Votes, the Early Voted option is not populated.

For easy AV/EV Chase tracking, you can create a list that includes all Ballots Mailed and removes all Ballots Received. This will show you voters who still have Ballots that haven’t been returned.

October VAN Town Hall 

We also wanted to let you know that we are planning another Town Hall for October 9th. You can sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/midems/event/708640/.

You can access a list of all of our help resources here: Available Help and Resources. As always, you can reach out to our team at van@michigandems.com or sign up to meet with us at calendly.com/mivan. 

All the best,

MDP Data Team