Enabling Voter File Integration

Enabling Voter File Integration

You can enable matching to the voter file in Empower. Connecting to VAN requires an existing API key while anyone can connect to Catalist.

Enabling Voter File Integration

  • From the Organization tab, select Enable under Voter File Integration




  • Then select Catalist or VAN / EveryAction

    • If you select VAN / EveryAction, you will need to provide an API key. VAN connections include: VAN, LAN, EveryAction, MyVoters, MyCampaign, MyMembers, and MyWorkers.

    • If you don't have a VAN API key, you will need to select Catalist if you want to match people to the voter file.


Connecting to VAN



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Connecting to Catalist

  1. If you select Catalist, you have the option to enable pushing data to VAN as well by entering your VAN API key.
    1. If Enable push data to VAN is selected, Catalist matches will be mapped to MyVoters and the standard behavior for pushing to MyVoters will apply. The data we push is an activist code (specified below) for any users and contacts in Empower, and we also push survey question responses (if you configure that in a call to action).
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