Officials and Candidates
Engage clients can provide their advocates with a elected official and candidate lookup modules and lookup plugins to learn more about the people who represent them. These pages can be customized by the client to add endorsements, commentary, notes, and scorecards. To begin customizing official and candidate page visit the Officials, Custom Recipients and Candidates Search page of the admin located under the “People”...
Elected Official and Candidate Scorecards
Engage Scorecards allow clients to add a comparison of the bills and votes that they have published in Engage with the vote history and/or bill cosponsorships to Elected Official and Candidate bio pages. To add scorecards to your bio pages, start by visiting the Scorecard Management admin page found under the “Content” navigation menu. Click the toggle to for “Official Bio Page” to “Yes” to add a...
Lookup Officials/Candidates Plugin
The Lookup Officials/Candidates plugin allows clients to generate javascript bootstrap code to embed legislator or candidate lookup tools directly into a website (examples: their main website or a partner’s website) allowing advocates to take action without leaving the page. Start by visiting the Portable Pages admin page and clicking the “Create Plugin” button. Next, select the “Officials/Candidates Lookup” option from the...
Module Type: Lookup Officials/Candidates
The Lookup module type allows an advocate to lookup their local, state, and federal officials by entering their zip code. To add the lookup module to your public facing site, hover your mouse over the Sites tab and select Standard Pages. Click on the “+ add module” button in the page section where you would like it to appear and select Lookup Officials/Candidates. If a module option is faded, that means that it is not available in...
Get-Out-The-Vote Through Engage
With midterm elections now only weeks away, you can be certain that your stakeholders, members and/or advocates are searching the web for information on the upcoming election. Time better spent on other tasks is being wasted by your users on tracking down details and answering questions such as: When do I need to register to vote? How do I vote early or by absentee? What do I need to bring with me on election day? Who’s on the...