The Indiana Democratic Party maintains an online voter file to help Democratic campaigns and activists do the work to win up and down the ballot. VAN, sometimes called Votebuilder, NGP VAN, or just the Voter File, has the tools and information needed to run data-driven campaigns. On this page, you will find information on accessing VAN and trainings to help you understand the program.
If at any time you have questions that are not answered on this page, please contact the Indiana Democratic Party Deputy Data Director:
Brady Wade
Please give us 1-3 business days to respond to requests.
VAN access
If you are a campaign who is requesting VAN access for the first time, please fill out the VAN intake form and we will reach out to you with follow-up materials.
Click for VAN Intake Form.
This form is ONLY for campaigns requesting initial VAN access. Individual users requesting access must go through their designated committee administrators to request access.
If you are a current user who is having problems accessing their VAN account, please use the following document to troubleshoot:
Log-In Issues Decision Tree
Trainings
If you would like to request an in-person VAN training from the state party, please reach out to Indiana Democratic Party Deputy Data Director at bwade@indems.org.
Upcoming in-person VAN Trainings:
None currently scheduled
The VANual
The VANual is a manual that covers a wide range of tools in functions in the VAN. The most up-to-date version of the VANual is available below. Please contact Brady Wade at bwade@indems.org for the password to the PDF.
Click for VANual V17.9
VAN Training Videos
This section includes pre-recorded videos on a variety of topics related to using VAN. Please contact Brady at bwade@indems.org for a password to view these videos. Following each section of videos, you can also use the accompanying “Skills Checklist” document to make sure you have learned all you should from those videos and complete the challenges in the document to test your new skills.
VAN Basics
Video – Introduction to VAN [13:46]
Building Blocks of Voter Contact
Video – Creating Activist Codes [12:10]
Video – Creating Survey Questions [13:29]
Video – Creating Scripts [10:53]
Skills Checklist – Building Blocks of Voter Contact
Previously Recorded VAN Webinars
Don’t see a topic listed that you need? Let us know! Email Brady at bwade@indems.org.
Likely Party Phase-Out webinar 1
Likely Party Phase-Out webinar 2
VAN Basics: General Introduction to the Voter File
VAN Basics: How to Create a List
VAN Basics: How to use My Campaign
How to Use Counts and Crosstabs
How to Create Letters and Labels in the Voter File
How to Create Canvass and Call Sheets
Tracking Absentee Ballots and Early Voters
Other Topics