About the Tracker & FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
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· What is the Tracker? What can I do to help? …
· Why are we turning the state purple? To reach 100% of Colorado…
· What are the points? A way to show everyone…
· Do points go to campaign workers or regions? Both…
· What are reward points? A purple precinct earns one county point and…
· What if my map doesn't turn purple right away? Points appear immediately, and the map is updated…
· Are points related to demographics? Yes, determining point values…
· Can I get an overview of the points system? Sure! This chart…
· What if my location doesn't appear on the map? Tracker uses 2000 U.S. Census data, so when...
What is the Tracker? MyCampaignTracker.org answers the question: What can I do to help? Just click on a campaign task, follow the simple instructions, and watch as we reach all of Colorado to help pass our personhood Amendment 62 to protect every baby by love and by law! The Amendment 62 campaign launched the Tracker on July 4th, 2010. to help our state secure recognition of the right to life acknowledged by America's Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life..."
Pro-life programmers across the country developed MyCampaignTracker.org for Personhood USA and American Right To Life to promote personhood amendments and 100% pro-life, no exceptions, political candidates.
Why are we turning the state purple? The Tracker awards points for various personhood campaign activities and the goal is to reach each region, a precinct, zip code, city and county, with 100 points so that an earnest effort has been made to reach that community. As a precinct's points increase from zero to 100, that region will become a deep rich purple on the Tracker's map. As for the color? The preborn boy and girl are children of God. And so, we're turning our state purple, appropriately because purple is the color of:
- royalty, "and they put on Him a purple robe" (John 19:2)
- sacrifice, as in the purple heart
- Colorado's purple mountain majesty
- states that are neither red nor blue, and
- non-partisan, as personhood is not a political issue but a human rights issue.
What are the points? The Tracker awards points for various personhood campaign activities and the goal is to reach each region, a precinct, zip code, city and county, with 100 points so that an earnest effort has been made to reach that community! In this way we each can see how our small efforts are part of the bigger picture, and everyone can be encouraged by everyone else's efforts! As a precinct's points increase, it turns increasingly purple! See the Points Chart below for an example of how many points different campaign activities are worth and how each activity applies only to a specific kind of region. Regions have appropriate tasks designed to reach each different type of region. For example, the only way to access everyone's mailbox in a zip code is to use the U.S. Post Office, so the Tracker awards 100 points when we've mailed every residence in an entire zip code. Great ways to raise awareness for Amendment 62 in your neighborhood (precinct) include yard signs, bumper stickers, hanging a flyer on every doorknob, and one-on-one chats. To reach cities, work with churches and erect billboards. And for counties, which generally have more people and square miles, we use mass media advertising through newspapers, targeted Facebook ads, TV, and radio.
Do points go to campaign workers or regions? Both! Campaign workers earn points. And at the same time, their points are attributed to regions (precincts, zips, cities, and counties). A worker (someone like you) has a default region that the Tracker obtains from the contact information supplied during the sign up process. Or even now, you can indicate your default, or adopted, region by clicking on the My Account tab atop this page. If for whatever reason a campaign worker would rather not give his home address, she can essentially "adopt a precinct" by selecting a location anywhere within Colorado as her default location. Then, unless otherwise specified (on any task page), a task will benefit the campaign worker's default precinct, zip, city, or county. Each activity page however enables a user to change the region that a particular activity will benefit. So if you've already distributed literature in your precinct and it went well, you can do a "lit drop" in a neighboring precinct, earn the points yourself, and help turn your next-door neighborhood purple!
What are reward points? The Tracker rewards success. Reaching a milestone results in points that are awarded to benefit overlapping regions, and some rules benefit metropolitan or rural counties more:
- A Purple Precinct: earns one point toward growing its county a deeper purple (helps metro areas more)
- Every County Precinct Turns Purple: earns ten points for that county (easier in rural counties)
- A Zip, City, or County Point: earns a precinct point for that campaign workers precinct
What if my map doesn't turn purple right away? When you do a campaign task, the Tracker assigns the points to you and your region (precinct, zip code, city, or county) immediately upon completion of the activity. It usually takes about an hour for the map color to turn a darker purple in order to reflect your effort. So don't worry, the system is working!
Are points related to demographics? Determining the point values for each campaign task is not an exact science. The values can change during the campaign as certain ways of reaching voters become more vital. If ever a value of a task decreases, don't worry, the Tracker continues to honor all previous efforts, and such changes will only apply to future tasks. Personhood volunteers with decades of combined media and campaign experience have recommended the initial point values for each task taking into account these Colorado statistics:
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Can I get an overview of the points system? One hundred points turns a region 100% purple. Extra points are called life insurance. These following are estimated values and proposed campaign tasks. See your Campaign Tasks page for actual point values and actual available campaign activities:
| Campaign Activity | Region | Base Points | Max Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yard sign | Precinct | 5 | 10 |
| Literature drop | Precinct | 30 | 30 |
| Bumper stickers | Precinct | 3 | 12 |
| Emails | Precinct | 1 | 15 |
| Facebook, Twitter | Precinct | 1 | 5 |
| Letters to the editor | Precinct | 3 | 45 |
| One-on-one chats | Precinct | 4 | 16 |
| Register a voter | Precinct | 5 | 10 |
| Study the campaign guidelines | Precinct | 1 | 1 |
| Sign up another Tracker user | Precinct | 3 | 6 |
| Reward point for each zip, city, or county point | Precinct | 1 | 20 |
| 100 points turns a precinct purple! Total possible: | 170 | ||
| Mailing to a Zip Code | Zip Code | 10 | 100 |
| Church bulletin insert | City | 2 | 16 |
| Church showing of personhood video ad | City | 5 | 45 |
| Church pro-life sermon | City | 5 | 55 |
| Street corner demonstration | City | 2 | 10 |
| Billboard | City | 10 | 50 |
| Speak at an event | City | 3 | 12 |
| Hold a meeting | City | 5 | 10 |
| Robocalls | City | 5 | 20 |
| 100 points turns a city purple! Total possible: | 218 | ||
| Run a newspaper ad | County | 5 | 25 |
| Run radio ads | County | 1 | 45 |
| Run TV ads | County | 1 | 55 |
| Run ads on Facebook | County | 1 | 15 |
| Turn a precinct purple | County | 1 | 10 |
| Aerial / mobile advertising | County | 1 | 5 |
| 100 points turns a county purple! Total possible: | 157 |
What if my city doesn't appear on the map, or my precinct or zip? MyCampaignTracker.org currently uses U.S. Census data for the year 2000. (2010 census data will be incorporated when available for future campaigns for 100% pro-life candidates and initiatives.) Using 2000 data might affect you if your city or precinct for example has been created or modified after the year 2000. Also, less than one percent of Coloradans know their 10-digit precinct number, and the U.S. Census bureau uses a different precinct numbering system anyway, based on your zip code! So none of this should slow you down. When using the Tracker to promote personhood, it almost doesn't matter what your precinct's actual number is. You can always use the map control features, move the map's pin (when there is one), and click around until you're in your neighborhood. And whenever you click on the precinct number the Tracker displays, you'll see the map of that area (probably, your neighborhood).
By all means, don't let the 2000 census data hinder your effort to promote personhood in this historic campaign! So please try this:
- Precinct: Use the Select a Location map (at My Account, Edit My Location) to select and help your precinct or a nearby one!
- City: Some cities have incorporated or changed since 2000, but you can still Select a Location, and Adopt a City to help!
- Let Us Know: Please use the Contact Us page to let us know which region is not appearing, and also, please let us know if you've decided to help by adopting a neighboring precinct or town! And you can zoom in on the map to see boundaries for cities, precincts, etc., but if that's ever not enough information for you, contact us and we'll help you out!
For the Innocent,
The Amendment 62 Co-Sponsors
Leslie Hanks, Vice President
Colorado Right To Life
1535 Grant Street #303
Denver, CO 80203
303-753-9394
office@ColoradoRTL.org
Gualberto Garcia-Jones
Personhood Colorado
PO Box 486
Arvada, Colorado 80001
303-456-2800
director@PersonhoodColorado.com