WARD 8 DRIVE · 2,418 CONVERSATIONS · 78% OF DOOR GOAL

Voter registration canvassing app, drives that cover every block before the deadline.

Beacon manages the field side of a voter registration drive, including canvassing (visiting people in person to help them register). You divide the area into coverage zones, registrars use the app to record each conversation and follow-up, and the campaign tracks progress toward its door goal. The voter completes the official registration form, on paper or through the state's online system, and the coverage map fills in as the drive goes on.

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For: Civic groups & nonprofits
Volunteers: Unlimited
Free trial: 14 days

WARD 8 · 78% TO TARGET

Beacon dashboard showing progress toward a door goal, with doors knocked, contacts reached, active canvassers, and daily door activity

Coverage

Voter registration coverage map, showing the addresses you have reached as the work happens.

Draw a shape around a ward or neighborhood, and the map fills in as registrars work through it. Each address is a pin colored by its status, and each area shows the share of addresses reached. The coordinator can send more volunteers to the gaps without driving out to check.

Ward 8, North 2,140 doors · 81% covered
Ward 8, Central 1,890 doors · 64% covered
Ward 8, South 1,425 doors · 38% covered
University District 980 doors · 92% covered
Eastside Apartments 615 doors · 24% covered

Beacon territories page showing color-coded areas across a ward with live percentage covered per neighborhood

The platform

Voter registration drive software that keeps the coordinator and registrars on the same record.

Every conversation and follow-up is saved to the same record the drive coordinator sees on the dashboard, so the coordinator knows which blocks are finished, and no one matches spreadsheets the night before the deadline.

/01, DESK

Drive console

The office screen where you set the door goal, draw the area the drive will cover, assign volunteers, and follow the count as it grows. The coordinator manages the program from this dashboard, and the campaign records its end date.

Door and contact goals with progress
Coverage areas drawn on the map
Volunteer assignment by area
Live door feed & activity

/02, DOOR

Voter registration canvassing app for registrars

The phone app for registrars. It holds the walk list in route order, the door result buttons, your survey questions, and an upload queue. Anything recorded without cell signal is saved on the phone and uploaded when the connection returns.

Walk list in route order
Door result for each conversation
Survey questions, such as "Registered today?"
Works offline · campus quads

/03, MAP

Live coverage tracking

Each door result updates the dashboard as it happens. It shows coverage by area, conversations by registrar on the leaderboard, and progress toward the door goal, so no one needs to run a report.

Real-time coverage map by area
Doors knocked vs. goal
Top-performing volunteers on the leaderboard
CSV / PDF export for your own reports

A volunteer at a civic engagement table assisting a person with paperwork

Follow-up

Voter registration drive follow-up that continues after the form is complete.

The registrar records each conversation and any follow-up, and survey questions can capture a phone number or email, so the team has what it needs to follow up later: confirming that the registration went through, sharing the election date, and pointing people to their state's polling-place locator.

Contact details address, email, and phone
Follow-up notes saved to each registrant's record
Language preference imported with your list, 11 languages plus Other

How a drive runs

Voter registration canvassing from kickoff to filing deadline in four steps.

The steps are the same for a short campus drive in the final week and a year-long county-wide registration program. Most drives can finish the setup in an afternoon.

/01

Set the deadline & target

Enter the campaign's end date and your door goal. The campaign list shows progress toward the goal as soon as the program starts.

/02

Draw coverage zones

Draw shapes around wards, neighborhoods, and campus zones, then assign volunteers to each zone. Each address on the map is colored by its status as it is canvassed.

/03

Knock & record

Registrars record each conversation, its result, and any follow-up, and the voter fills out the official registration form on paper or online. This works offline, and the records upload when signal returns.

/04

File & follow up

Paper forms go to the election authority by the method and deadline your state sets. Each registrant's contact details and follow-up notes stay on their record, so the team can confirm the registration and share election and polling-place information later.

Drive types

Voter registration drive software for every program, whether the deadline is close or far away.

A 14-day push before the deadline and a year-round nonpartisan civic-engagement program record different information. You set up Beacon around what each drive is trying to accomplish, so the same account handles both.

Pre-deadline drive

Pre-deadline drive for the final 14 days.

Every volunteer works toward a firm target. The coverage map shows the gaps so the coordinator can reassign volunteers, and the campaign shows progress toward its door goal.

Captures: Registered · Updated Address · Already Registered · Ineligible

SURGEVolunteer reassignment to under-covered blocks
PACEDoors knocked vs. the campaign's door goal
RECORDEach conversation and its result saved at the door
EXPORTCSV of survey answers, with registrar and date

Campus drive

Campus voter registration drives.

For first-time voters, dorm addresses, and pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds where allowed. A table at the student union and visits to dorm room doors both use the same app, and language preferences can be imported for international students.

Captures: First-Time · Pre-Reg · Dorm Address · Language

PRE-REGAge-eligible pre-registration where state allows
DORMDorm addresses recorded for follow-up
LANGLanguage preference on each contact (11 plus Other)
FOLLOWContact details saved for election follow-up

Year-round program

Year-round naturalization and re-engagement.

For nonprofits that run registration as ongoing civic engagement, including newly naturalized citizens, address-change updates, and motor-voter follow-up (registration offered when people apply for a driver's license). PDF activity reports and CSV exports support grant applications.

Captures: Newly Naturalized · Address Change · Re-Registration · Demographics

GRANTCSV exports for your own impact reports
UPDATEAddress changes recorded alongside new registrations
NATURALOutreach planned by each contact's language preference
REPORTOne-click PDF activity report

Drive FAQ

Voter registration canvassing app FAQ: questions drive coordinators ask before they sign up.

/Q, FORMS

Does Beacon complete or sign the registration form?

No. The voter completes and signs the official registration form, on paper or through the state's online registration system. Beacon routes your volunteers, records each conversation and any follow-up, and shows which blocks still need a visit.

/Q, RECORDS

What does a registrar record at the door?

The registrar records the door result, the answers to your survey questions, and any follow-up, such as a follow-up visit for a voter who plans to register online. Survey questions can capture a phone number or email, and staff can add both to the contact record in the web dashboard.

/Q, OFFLINE

Does it work on campus quads with no signal?

Yes. The mobile app keeps working without cell signal. Conversations are saved to the phone and uploaded to the server when the connection returns, so the registrar does not lose the entry. It works in basements, dorms, and parks with no signal.

/Q, PRICING

Is pricing per volunteer?

No. Pricing is based on the number of contacts (the people on your canvass lists), not the number of volunteers, so 5 staff or 200 volunteers cost the same. There are six tiers, from Starter at $59 up to Enterprise at $599.

/Q, REPORTING

Does Beacon help with grant reporting?

Yes, in part. A one-click PDF report shows totals, door results, daily activity, and a leaderboard by volunteer. You can export contacts, door results, and survey answers to CSV to build the breakdown your funder asks for.

/Q, SETUP

How quickly can a drive start?

Most drives are registering voters within three days of signing up. The account is live the same day, the coverage area is drawn during onboarding, and registrars download the app the same afternoon. White-glove onboarding ($249 to $999) is available for drives with a close deadline.