VAN in the Field

Cutting Turf
Cutting turf is the process of taking a list of voters from Create a List and organizing them into geographic units for knocking doors. You’ll want to bring...
Wed, 12 Aug, 2020 at 12:07 PM
Virtual Phone Banks
Virtual phone banks allow you to call voters in VAN and enter data from your conversations in real-time. The virtual phone bank will display your script ...
Tue, 11 May, 2021 at 11:48 AM
Setting Up Lit Drops for MiniVAN
There's a way to set up the lit drop contact type that makes it really simple for canvassers and allows you to specify folks who were lit dropped in Cre...
Thu, 12 Oct, 2023 at 2:10 PM
External Tools
VAN has an extraordinarily broad range of available tools to perform field actions and run analysis. However, another major benefit of using and improving V...
Wed, 20 Jul, 2022 at 11:32 AM
Canvass Results Guide
VAN has upwards of 40 canvass result codes, but many overlap or have similar meanings, and can be confusing for volunteers. To that end, we strongly recomme...
Thu, 16 Sep, 2021 at 4:38 PM
Requesting an API Key
How to Request an API Key If you’re working with a new vendor who has a VAN integration, you’ll need to request an API Key for that vendor.  Note: Only...
Wed, 13 Jul, 2022 at 10:12 PM