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Political Texting 101

What's the Difference Between P2P Platforms and Broadcast Platforms?

February 23, 2026

P2P platforms route messages through human senders one at a time, pitched as avoiding autodialer rules. Broadcast platforms send to many at once. The 'P2P avoids the TCPA' pitch is shakier than vendors claim, courts look at whether automation was really used.

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Campaign Tactics

Chasing Absentee Ballot Requests by Text

February 19, 2026

Before you can chase a ballot, voters have to request one. Here's how campaigns use texting to drive absentee ballot requests, why it's the earliest and most durable turnout tactic, and how it feeds the rest of GOTV.

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Running a Voter Registration Drive by Text
Campaign Tactics

Running a Voter Registration Drive by Text

February 17, 2026

Texting can drive voter registration, pointing people to register, checking status, and hitting deadlines. Here's how campaigns and groups run a registration drive by text, and how it doubles as list growth.

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Campaign Tactics

Petition and Ballot-Access Signature Gathering by Text

February 15, 2026

Getting on the ballot and qualifying measures both run on signatures, and texting can accelerate the gather. Here's how campaigns use text to drive petition signing, recruit circulators, and track progress against a deadline.

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Recruiting Poll Workers and Observers by Text
Campaign Tactics

Recruiting Poll Workers and Observers by Text

February 13, 2026

Election Day needs bodies, poll workers, observers, protection volunteers, and texting is the fastest way to recruit and coordinate them. Here's how campaigns fill these critical roles by text and keep them staffed.

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Campaign Tactics

Building a Texting Calendar for a Campaign

February 11, 2026

A texting calendar turns scattered sends into a plan. Here's how campaigns build a texting calendar around the election arc, balance message types, and avoid the over-texting that burns a list.

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Release Notes

Shipped: Broadcast

February 3, 2026

Broadcast is live in Txtra. One-to-many sending to a consented list, with per-recipient quiet-hours enforcement built into the send worker

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Campaign Tactics

Texting and Tele-Town Halls, Driving Attendance and Engagement

January 20, 2026

A tele-town hall only works if people join, and texting is how you fill the call. Here's how campaigns use text to drive tele-town hall attendance, prompt participation, and follow up afterward.

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Campaign Tactics

Debate-Night Texting, Rapid Response and Watch Parties

January 18, 2026

A debate is a moment of peak attention, and texting lets a campaign capitalize in real time. Here's how to use text on debate night, for watch parties, rapid response, fundraising surges, and capturing the engagement.

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Campaign Tactics

Retaining Volunteers by Text, Thank, Update, Re-Engage

January 16, 2026

Recruiting volunteers is only half the job, keeping them is the other half. Here's how campaigns use texting to retain volunteers, thanking, updating, and re-engaging them so a one-time helper becomes a repeat one.

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Running a Day of Action by Text
Campaign Tactics

Running a Day of Action by Text

January 14, 2026

A day of action concentrates supporter energy into one coordinated push, and texting is how you rally, coordinate, and sustain it. Here's how campaigns and advocacy groups run a day of action by text.

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Campaign Tactics

Rolling Out an Endorsement by Text

January 12, 2026

An endorsement is only as valuable as the number of voters who hear about it. Here's how campaigns use texting to roll out endorsements, amplify them through the endorser's own network, and turn credibility into persuasion.

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