Two fulfillment paths, two pricing rules
BYO founding access is $299 per race for software and service around the customer's authorized voter file. The customer remains requester of record and pays any government fee directly through the official state or county process.
Data-included work is quote-first. VoterFile reviews the campaign, geography, authorization, issuing-office cost, delivery method, and first-file import scope before providing a written software-and-service quote. Any official-source cost is disclosed and capped in writing. Nothing is purchased and no official file is ordered until the customer approves that price.
- $299 founding rate: BYO software and service only
- Government file fees: paid separately by the requester in BYO states
- Data included: access and scope review plus a written quote before purchase
- Official-source acquisition cost: disclosed and capped before approval
What the BYO founding rate includes
The BYO rate covers a private campaign workspace, first-file import review, filtering, saved universes, voter CRM, turf and walk packets, canvass reporting, and campaign-ready exports around the customer's authorized file.
It does not include the underlying voter file, government fees, third-party append purchases, or unrelated outreach-service spend. California remains a conditional BYO state: the requester must independently qualify, and no file may be uploaded until VoterFile confirms the customer-specific California access and security activation gates are green.
- Import, filter, and segment the customer's authorized voter file
- Voter CRM, saved universes, and consultant workspaces
- Walk packets, canvass mode, survey reporting, and portable exports
- Private, single-customer handling with deletion and return controls
How data-included quotes are set
Official file costs range from free public downloads to material statewide fees, and some issuing offices quote only after the geography is known. VoterFile therefore does not promise that one public software price absorbs every state or statewide scope.
The written quote reflects the campaign geography, issuing-office cost, authorization work, delivery format, file-layout validation, import effort, refresh cadence, and requested workflows. Any official-source acquisition cost is disclosed and capped in writing, and nothing is ordered until the customer approves the quote.
- Exact race geography and official-file scope
- State authorization, fee, delivery method, and refresh terms
- First-file layout validation and import effort
- Written customer approval before VoterFile orders or purchases anything
Optional prepaid email delivery
Standard email delivery is $5 per 1,000 recipient sends (half a cent per send), purchased separately from the $299 per-race BYO software fee. Email delivery is available after campaign-specific source, provider, sender and delivery-test approval. Any setup or additional service fee is disclosed in your written quote before payment.
Example: 57,000 email addresses across three waves equals up to 171,000 sends, or $855 in standard delivery charges. With $299 BYO software access, the example total is $1,154 before any separately quoted setup, data or other service charges.
Prepay your approved allowance through secure checkout. Each message accepted by the delivery service uses one send, including messages that later bounce. Suppressed or unsubmitted addresses use no sends. Uncertain submissions reserve allowance until reviewed. Payment does not guarantee inbox placement or start a campaign automatically.
- $299 software access is paid once per race; email usage is separate
- Review the sender, allowance and full quote before paying
- Track prepaid, used and remaining sends in your campaign workspace
- No automatic reloads or recurring email subscription; contact support for unused-send refunds
Who should request access
The beta is for campaigns, committees, candidates, consultants, and qualified political users with a permitted campaign, party, or election-related purpose. Every request is reviewed against the applicable state's requester, use, transfer, and hosted-processor rules.
VoterFile is strongest when the campaign needs voter segmentation, CRM, canvassing, consultant reporting, and portable outreach handoff, rather than a general fundraising, website, or supporter-management suite.
Campaign onboarding
Ready to price this for a real campaign?
Request a review of the state, campaign, fulfillment path, official-file scope, and applicable software-and-service price.
$299 BYO founding rateWritten data-included quoteApproval before any file order
Questions
Do I need a credit card to request access?
No. The access request only collects enough information to verify the campaign, role, and race before follow-up.
Does $299 include a VoterFile-provided voter file?
No. The $299 founding rate is the BYO software-and-service price. VoterFile does not provide the voter file under that plan; the customer brings an authorized voter file and pays any government fee through the official request process.
How does data-included pricing work?
We first review eligibility, geography, authorization, official file cost, delivery, and import scope. You then receive a written software-and-service quote before purchase. Any official-source acquisition cost is disclosed and capped in writing and requires approval before ordering.
What is the refund policy?
The standard convenience-cancellation schedule refunds 100% before fulfillment starts, 75% after fulfillment starts but before data-ready activation, and 25% after data-ready activation but before material use when requested within 30 days. Material service failures, duplicate payments, unauthorized charges, payment-network rights, and nonwaivable remedies are handled separately.
Is there a firm or consultant plan?
Consultant workspaces are live. Early beta pricing still starts with per-contest access while broader firm reporting and billing controls keep expanding.
Who should actually join from the pricing page?
Candidates, campaign managers, committees, and consultants who need voter-data filtering, segmentation, canvassing, CRM, or export for a real race are the clearest fit.
What is included in the $299 founding rate?
A BYO campaign workspace with import review, segmentation, saved universes, voter CRM, walk packets, survey reporting, and export review around the customer's authorized file.
Is this priced for city council and school board campaigns?
Yes. The BYO founding rate and scoped data-included quote path are both designed for local races that need practical voter-data workflows without statewide or enterprise overhead.
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