Beacon runs the door-to-door side of a campaign — voter file in, precincts cut, walk lists on canvasser phones, and GOTV coverage on a live dashboard. It's built specifically for the way state-house and federal field programs are organized.
— Territories
Draw a polygon around a precinct, name it, and assign canvassers. The voter file inside the boundary becomes a walk list, ordered by street so canvassers aren't doubling back over the same blocks. If the universe shifts mid-cycle, the territory can be re-cut and the walk lists update with it.
— The platform
Every knock writes to the same record the field director is looking at on the GOTV map, so paper walk sheets and end-of-night spreadsheet hand-offs to the data director aren't part of the workflow.
/01 — DESK
The desk-side console for cutting precincts, drafting scripts, and assigning canvassers, with a live GOTV map that fills in as the team works through its turfs. It's the same view the campaign manager and consultants are reading from.
/02 — DOOR
The mobile side of the platform, with the walk list, voter screen, AI Script Coach, and sync queue all running on a canvasser's phone. Anything captured without cell signal is held locally and synced when the connection returns.
/03 — MAP
Each knock updates the map as it happens, so coverage by precinct, dispositions by canvasser, and ID rate by neighborhood are all visible on the dashboard without anyone needing to run a report.
— Campaign types
A state-rep persuasion walk and a 72-hour GOTV push are different programs with different data needs. The platform configures around what each program is trying to capture, so the same install handles both without being rebuilt between cycles.
A targeted universe with a simplified disposition set and a drop-off mode for early-vote runs. The GOTV dashboard surfaces coverage and turnout in real time so the field director can move resources where they're needed.
Captures: Voted · Not Yet · Wrong Address · DNC
Earlier in the cycle, with issue surveys, support 1-5 ID, and follow-up flags for fundraising and volunteer recruitment. Each conversation adds new data to the voter file.
Captures: Support 1-5 · Issue Priority · Follow-Up · Volunteer
For finance teams that walk a donor file rather than a voter file. Pre-set ask amounts surface at the door, follow-up flags route to the call dialer, and dispositions sync to the campaign record without an end-of-shift reconciliation.
Captures: Pledge · Follow-Up · Hard No · Already Maxed
— How a precinct gets walked
The loop is the same whether the program is a 220-door city council race or a 12,000-door state-house campaign. The setup work fits in an afternoon for most teams.
/01
Bring a VAN export, NGP, Catalist, or your state file — Beacon matches the VoterID, pulls party affiliation, and geocodes every voter on the way in.
/02
Polygon territories on the map and the voter universe inside becomes a walk list, with auto-balance suggestions if turfs run too heavy or too light.
/03
Canvassers run the door screen — capturing disposition, support 1-5, issue priority, and follow-up flags — all offline-safe so it queues for sync the moment signal comes back.
/04
Live coverage, persuasion vs. ID split, and top performers all roll up automatically — then export at end of cycle for VAN-style upload to the data director.
— On the doorstep
Party, vote history, issue priority, last touchpoint, and pronouns (if the file carries them) all surface on the voter screen. The AI Script Coach pulls that context into a one-line opener for the household. The app continues to work offline and syncs when cell signal returns.
See the canvasser flow →
— Campaign FAQ
/Q — VOTER FILES
Yes. CSV import handles VoterID matching, party affiliation, vote history, and district codes, and the standard exports from Catalist, NGP, and most state files all import cleanly.
/Q — PRICING
No — pricing is by the size of the voter universe (contacts), not the volunteer count, so bring 5 canvassers or 500 for the same price. There are six tiers, from Starter at $59 (2,500 contacts) up to Enterprise at $599 (250K+).
/Q — OFFLINE
The mobile app continues to function without cell signal. Knocks are saved to the phone and synced to the server when the connection returns, so dispositions captured in basements, rural routes, or parking garages aren't lost.
/Q — COMPLIANCE
Donor occupation and employer fields are built in for finance teams, SMS opt-in is captured at the door before any CampaignCNX+ follow-up, DNC list enforcement is on by default, and there's an audit log on every record.
/Q — INTEGRATION
One login across the suite. Door dispositions can trigger CampaignCNX+ SMS sequences via webhook, and Alma writes inbound chatbot leads into Beacon walk lists. The three apps share a billing account and contacts move between them.
/Q — SETUP
Most campaigns are knocking within three days of signing up. The account is live the same day, the voter file imports in the background while you draw your first territory, and walk lists are on canvasser phones by the next morning. Onboarding is handled by a real person, not a chatbot.
— Start walking
Open an account, import your voter file, and draw your first territory. Within a few days your canvassers will be out knocking with route-ordered walk lists and the AI Script Coach available on their phones.