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Do I Need Consent to Text My Own Volunteers?
Yes. Volunteers are not exempt, texting a volunteer's cell with an autodialer still needs their prior express consent, the same as any other recipient. The good news is volunteers are the easiest opt-in you'll ever get.
How to Run a Text Bank, the Organizer's Guide
A text bank is the texting version of a phone bank, a list, a script, a shift, and volunteers sending peer-to-peer. This complete guide covers setup, recruiting and training texters, writing scripts, running the shift, and handling the hard replies.
Inside Txtra, P2P Conversations
P2P is how Txtra powers real, one-to-one voter conversations at scale, for persuasion, voter ID, and first contact. Here's how peer-to-peer conversations work in Txtra, with genuine human-in-the-loop sending.
Inside Txtra, the Two-Way Inbox
The Inbox is where Txtra turns texting into a two-way channel, routing replies to a person, catching opt-outs, and letting a campaign actually talk with voters. Here's how the two-way Inbox works.
Recruiting Volunteers by Text, the Easiest Ask in Organizing
Text is the fastest way to fill shifts and recruit volunteers. Here's how campaigns use broadcast and P2P texting to turn supporters into volunteers, write the ask, and confirm the commitment.
Relational Texting, the Highest-Trust Channel in Organizing
Relational texting is supporters texting people who already know them. Here's why it's the highest-trust, highest-converting channel a campaign has, how to run it, and how it grows a consented list.
Coordinating a Canvass by Text
Texting is the connective tissue of a field program, confirming shifts, sending turf, and keeping canvassers in sync. Here's how campaigns use text to coordinate a canvass and cut no-shows.
How Do I Recruit and Organize Volunteers by Text?
Text is excellent for volunteer recruitment and coordination, shift reminders, quick asks, event logistics, because volunteers already want to hear from you. Get their consent at sign-up, then use short, specific, action-ready messages to turn interest into shifts.
Managing a Texting Team, Roles and Workflow
A texting program at scale needs people and process, not just a platform. Here's how to structure a texting team, the key roles, and the workflow that keeps sends compliant, on-message, and responsive.
How Do I Keep Volunteers from Texting Voters the Wrong Way?
Build the rules into the tool and the training, not the volunteer's memory. Centralize sending through a compliant platform that handles STOP and quiet hours automatically, give volunteers approved message templates, and never let anyone text the list from a personal phone.
Recruiting Poll Workers and Observers by Text
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.
Retaining Volunteers by Text, Thank, Update, Re-Engage
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.