Michigan voter file software for down-ballot campaigns.

How to get your Michigan voter file

You obtain your own Michigan voter file directly from the Michigan Department of State (or your local clerk), under your own entitlement. Low, and set at cost by statute (MCL 168.509q). The full statewide Qualified Voter File is inexpensive and district lists from a local clerk are priced at the cost of preparation. Confirm the current figure with the Department of State when you request it.

You stay the requester of record and the owner of the file. VoterFile never buys or resells voter data. You bring your own file, and we are only the software that processes it for your race.

• File a Qualified Voter File data request with the Michigan Department of State, or ask your local clerk for a district list.
• The file is available to any person under MCL 168.522, so there is no requester gate.
• We can pre-fill the request form for you.

What the software does with your Michigan file

Once you upload your file into a workspace isolated to your campaign, it is imported and normalized, de-duplicated, and geocoded to precincts and walkable geography.

Turnout and vote-timing scoring calibrate to Michigan's own election history, not California's, so the propensity numbers reflect how your state actually votes. From there you build targeted walk lists, mail lists, and turf, then export clean CSVs for the tools your campaign already uses.

• Import, normalize, and de-duplicate your uploaded file
• Geocode addresses to precincts and walkable turf
• Turnout and vote-timing scoring calibrated to Michigan
• Surname-and-geography ethnicity estimates for outreach planning
• Walk lists, mail lists, and canvassing packets
• Portable CSV export for field, mail, and phones

Don't want to deal with the paperwork? We can get your Michigan file for you.

Requesting a voter file for the first time trips up a lot of candidates. VoterFile can handle the request end to end: we prepare the paperwork, tell you exactly what to sign, and get the file into your workspace ready to score. You stay the requester of record, because Michigan requires the candidate's own name on the request. We just take the busywork off your plate.

Prefer to do it yourself? The steps above are all you need. Either way, join the list and we will walk you through it.

• We prepare the state or county request for your signature
• You sign as the requester of record, as the law requires
• We load and score the file in your private workspace

Built for the races the big vendors skip

The national voter-data vendors are priced and built for statewide and federal campaigns. A first-time candidate for Michigan city council or school board is too small for that model and ends up with a spreadsheet.

VoterFile is the opposite wedge: a flat one-time software fee per race, your own data, and no annual data contract. It is aimed squarely at the local challenger in a low-turnout race.

• Flat one-time per-race software fee, not a yearly data contract
• You bring your own file, so you are never paying for the data itself
• Designed for city council, school board, and special-district races

How onboarding works

First you sign a short services agreement that keeps VoterFile as your data processor, with no sale, no pooling, and deletion on request. Then you obtain your Michigan file using the steps above, upload it, and we import and score it.

Nothing moves until the agreement is signed, and your file lives in a workspace no other customer can reach. When your race is over, or any time you ask, your file and the lists are deleted.

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