VOTE411 Office Hours

Overview

LWVUS regularly hosts virtual office hours to support Leagues in their VOTE411 work. Office hours are hosted twice a month, with each session focusing on a specific topic.

For questions on office hours and session topics, please reach out to Megan Brown at [email protected].

 

Previous Office Hours

Click to watch recordings of previous sessions:

• Oct. 30, 7pm ET | Post-Election Process: Learn how to clean up your voter guide system and prepare for the next election cycle.
• Oct. 2, 7pm ET | Advanced Mapping: Learn how to use QGIS, a free, open-sourced program, as a tool to aid in helpful advanced mapping techniques.
• Sept. 18, 7pm ET | Publicity: Learn more about how you can promote VOTE411 in your community.
• Aug. 21, 7pm ET | Non-Ballot Overview: Learn more about all the great features VOTE411 offers — it's more than just the candidate information!
• Aug. 7, 7pm ET | Fundraising for VOTE411: Learn how to use your VOTE411 voter guide for fundraising through sponsorships and media partnerships.
• July 24, 7pm ET | Election Setup Timeline: Get tips and suggestions on your VOTE411 vote guide election timeline.
• July 10, 7pm ET | Manual Districts: Learn about each of the manual districts (composite district, district sets, zip code districts).
• June 20, 7pm ET | Promotions: Get ideas on how to promote VOTE411 in your community.
• June 6, 7pm ET | Data Export (recording): Export the information from the VOTE411 voter guide platform into Text or Excel formats.
• May 16, 7pm ET | Creating Ballot Measures (recording): Learn how to set up ballot measures through the VOTE411 voter guide platform.
• April 18, 7pm ET | Other Languages (recording): Ask candidates questions in languages other than English through the VOTE411 voter guide platform.
• April 4, 7pm ET | Mail Center (recording): Learn tips and tricks for contacting candidates in bulk through the VOTE411 online voter guide platform.
• March 21, 7pm ET | Voter Guide Race/Candidate Set Up (recording): Learn how to create your races and candidates on the VOTE411 online voter guide platform.
• March 7, 7pm ET | Candidate Pressure Campaign (recording): Learn tips on how to get candidates to participate in the VOTE411 voters’ guide.
• Feb. 21, 7pm ET | Writing Good Candidate Questions (recording): Learn tips and tricks on how to write unbiased questions for candidates.
• Feb. 7, 7pm ET | VOTE411 Talking Points (recording): Learn about everything VOTE411 has to offer voters, including the ballot, registration, election rules, and more!
• Jan. 24, 7pm ET | New Ballot Overview (recording): Learn more about the brand-new ballot found on VOTE411.org and ask questions of VOTE411 staff
• Jan. 10, 7pm ET | GIS (recording): Learn about how to find and upload GIS shapefiles into your voter guide.