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Use. Open. Source. Software.
JFC, people.
If you're using products that are FOSS, it doesn't matter if a single company goes under. You can just take the code to somebody else.
A big component of the VAN is having access to the names and addresses of likely democratic voters, which I understand this company to basically be selling access to and building tools around.
So it's not so much the data tools so much as the access.
That all being said, 20-16 till now, and the constant physical irritant that was the Trump years have left people pretty damn jaded. I'm a bit dubious about the value of these lists, but without them, a campaign is starting from scratch.
It's a tough thing, but if you need to reach 100k voters to win an election, you need both data and people.
Which open source software do you recommend to replace ActionKit?
https://www.actionkit.com/
Also, the software only one part of it. the other aspect is the likely voter data for a given race or district.
And, you know, the payment platform, the hosted APIs, the collaboration tools, the regulatory compliance...
yeah idk about the value of any of that, hence the lay offs.
I've worked with the VAN 3 times in a couple different campaigns.
None used the payment platform, the apis, or tools, and I'm not sure what if any regulatory compliance had to do with anything. It's a list of likely voters, not their medical records. I'm not sure there any required compliance whatsoever.
We worked with the lists directly or the campaigns had teams that built infra or reworked the lists for other tools like auto dialers and what not. There are many other options when it comes to tooling around lists, but there really very few places to buy lists.
When you're out in the field and your FOSS product suddenly has a glitch, who runs tech support for you?
FOSS is great for some things but this isn't necessarily one of them.
You realise there's a whole industry built around consulting services and support for FOSS software like Linux?
Alternatively, fork the software and hire your own in-house staff to support the fork. So long as that's allowed in license.
Who runs tech support? The people you hired to run tech support.