Field HogYard signs and volunteer tasks for campaigns

Yard signs, from the first request to the last pickup.

Field Hog sorts sign requests into delivery routes, gives each volunteer a phone link for their route, and runs the pickup after Election Day. It ran the yard signs for a Minnesota House race in 2026.

Next: the same simple link for any volunteer task.

A sign pickup area on a phone: streets outlined in orange, brighter where signs are, and the miles of street driven so far.

Part 1 · In use since 2026

Yard signs

Screens are from the demo. Every name, address and phone number in them is made up.

Every request in one list

Sign requests from the website, from events and from phone calls land in one list. Field Hog sorts them into delivery routes on its own.

Anything it can't place goes to a short queue for an organizer: possible duplicates, addresses the map can't find, and addresses outside the district.

The organizer view: counts of signs needing a decision, to deliver and delivered, a Find a sign search, and a queue with a possible duplicate, an address the map could not find, and an address outside the district.
The organizer view, with the needs-a-decision queue.

A link for each driver, no login

A volunteer opens a link on their phone. They see the next stop, tap once for directions, and mark it Delivered or Declined.

At any stop they can leave a note for the organizers. The organizer view updates as they go.

The volunteer route page on a phone, showing stop 4 of 8.

Pickup, street by street

After the election the district is split into areas, and each driver gets a map of every street in theirs.

Streets turn green as drivers cover them, and organizers watch every area fill in on one map.

The organizer pickup map: 18 areas around Hastings and Cottage Grove, colored by status, with driven streets in green.
The organizer pickup map.

In a real race

Field Hog ran the yard signs for Jen Fox's 2026 campaign for Minnesota House District 41B.

  • 560households had a Jen Fox sign by Election Day.
  • 18pickup areas, driven on 4 November 2026, the day after the election.
The real pickup on 4 November 2026, 7:56 AM to 2:34 PM.

Part 2 · New, ready for 2027 campaigns

Volunteers and tasks

The same link the sign drivers used, for any volunteer job. Each link holds one task and everything needed for it. No login, no app to install.

  • Yard signsDelivery, pickup and large signs. In use.
  • Lit and mailersThe streets or addresses, and where to pick up the materials.
  • CallsA short list of people and what to say. Phone banks stay in VAN.
  • Social postsThe image and caption to copy, and where to post it.
  • ErrandsAnything else, from event setup to a website update.

Send to one person

Text the link from your own phone.

Post an open task

One link in your email or group text. People claim a piece of it.

Tracked in VAN

Once connected, everyone who signs up or finishes a task is recorded in your campaign's VAN.

Field Hog does not connect to VAN today; that connection is in progress. Door-knocking stays in VAN and MiniVAN, and event shifts stay in Mobilize.

Across a caucus

Planned for 2027. Not built yet.

Each campaign has its own

Its own map, sign form, tasks and volunteers, set up from a template.

Caucus staff see the totals

Signs placed and tasks done for every campaign, limited to what each one shares.

Volunteer and household data

Who sees it

Organizers the campaign approves. A volunteer's link shows only their own task.

Where it lives

In a private database in the US (Supabase, Virginia). Each campaign's records are walled off from every other campaign's.

Ask about Field Hog

For campaigns, caucuses and anyone running field work.

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