GOTV: Wednesday through Tuesday 4 Nov.

GOTV officially began Wednesday 29 October and ran through Election Day.

The general structure:

• Regional Field Director (1): coordinate all Region 23 GOTV efforts
• Field Organizers (Matthew, Carly, Aaron, Angela, Haowei, Katie)
• Staging Location Directors (Alex, Kayla, Abe, Jake)
• Blue Team Captains, Red Team Captains, White Team Captains
• Blue Team Volunteers: Canvassers & Phone bankers
• Red Team Volunteers: Line Managers, Poll Observers, Houdinis
• White Team Volunteers: Comfort Captains & Runners

My role in GOTV was essentially Blue Team Captain / Deputy SLD to Alex who reported to Matthew.  Thank goodness I had a competent SLD and FO!  The general GOTV schedule:

• 8:00-9:15  Make volunteer confirmation calls
• 9:15-10:00  Volunteer Shift #1-distribute walk packs, setup and train volunteers
• 10:15  Report numbers from Shift #1
• 10:30-12:00  Make volunteer confirmation / recruitment calls
• 12:15-1:00  Volunteer Shift #2
• 1:15  Report numbers from Shift #2
• 1:30-3:00  Make volunteer confirmation / recruitment calls AND/OR go canvassing until 7p
• 3:15-4:30  Volunteer Shift #3
• 4:45  Report final numbers and tally
• 5:00-9:00  Make volunteer confirmation / recruitment calls OR…
• 5:00-12:00 (or 1 or 2)  Cut turf for walk packs, setup folders for volunteers, tally doors