I can’t tell you how many times that I’ve gone canvassing and kicked myself because I had to walk back through blocks and blocks of houses that I already canvassed. What a waste of time! To eliminate this waste, spend a few minutes looking at your canvassing packet and figure out strategically how to go… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Volunteers
Flash Mob as Political Campaign Kickoff?
What makes a flash mob a “flash mob” today anyways? Dictionary.com says its “a large group of people mobilized by social media to meet ina public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity of short duration.” Campaign kickoff announcement as unusual or entertaining? Sure, why not. From the Ferndale Patch in Michigan: Kevin Deegan-Krause and Jim O’Donnell held a flash mob at the Ferndale Public Library on Tuesday evening to announce their candidacies for Ferndale Public Schools Board of Education trustee in the November… Continue Reading
The Campaign Intern Asks: “How Do You Know if a Campaign Volunteer is a Spy?”
“The Campaign Intern Asks…” is a new feature we are trying out where political campaign interns or volunteers are encouraged to submit questions to us at contact@walksheet.com, and we will ask a political professional to answer. This week, our question comes from Edward Miranda, Walksheet’s Junior Editor and a former intern for the Republican Party… Continue Reading
Here’s An Idea: Campaign Volunteer Will Run to Each Polling Place to Promote Candidate on Election Day
On Election Day, many campaign supporters will do things beyond the obvious Get-Out-The-Vote work that needs to be done: holding signs on street corners, driving around honking your horn with the candidate’s signs plastered around it, picking up homeless people and taking them to the polls, you know, things like that. In the November 8th… Continue Reading
Controlling Your Volunteers: Michigan Mayoral Campaign Worker Admits Hacking Into Opponent’s E-mail
A campaign volunteer working on a race in the upcoming Mayor’s race in Novi, Michigan has admitted to the opponent that he hacked into his email account on two occasions. This brings up some good questions for local candidates on what do when you have rogue campaign volunteers doing embarrassing things, and also how to prevent it.… Continue Reading
Proposed Michigan Law Would Restrict Teachers From Using Public Property For Political Communication
The proposed Michigan Law, Michigan House Bill No. 4052, doesn’t limit it only to teachers, but to all public employees from using “publicly owned property, facilities, or services, including an electronic mail system, for political activities [or] political fundraising…” The reason we focus on teachers in this article is because of the way the news… Continue Reading