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Starting/Joining
Electoral District Associations (EDAs) are Elections Canada sanctioned administrative organizations that facilitate party and community building activities at the riding level. There can only be one EDA per party in a riding. EDAs provide a vehicle to build volunteer teams to carry out events and activities to grow the grassroots and connect with the party.
1. Create and make the EDA compliant
1. Create and make the EDA compliant
You want to create an EDA but you don't know where to begin with? You can start by cheking this file, it contains all the informations you need to know about EDAs, a checklist, and documents to start your EDA. Just click on the icons!
Start my EDA
EDA code of conduct
2. Use GVote
2. Use GVote
GVote is used for searching for contact information, memberships, sending emails to volunteers and members, calling for a campaign, calling volunteers and supporters to renew lapsed memberships or invite them to an AGM, event, etc. Here is a file with tutorials on how to use GVote.
GVote guide
3. Communicate and engage with the community
3. Communicate and engage with the community
Building a strong base of volunteers is the root of a successful EDA. All the supporters in the world are no good unless they can be converted to volunteers, members, donors and ultimately voters. Your EDA initiatives, like events, within your community provide you many opportunities to recruit supporters. Then, regular communication with your supporters helps them feel like a part of the team. Here are 2 files with templates and informations.
Engage my community
Communicate with volunteers and Voters
4. Fundraise
4. Fundraise
With the changes that are happening in political financing, it has become imperative that all EDAs become efficient fundraisers if they want to succeed in electing Members of Parliament. Fundraising can help raise awareness for your EDA, it can also help an EDA gather members, volunteers and supporters. Here is a file to help you organize your fundraises.
Fundraise
5. Plan an event
5. Plan an event
As we said before, events are a great way to recruit and raise funds, but also to show your appreciation to volunteers. There are also the more formal, administrative events for the EDA. All those events demand a lot of organization before, during, and after D-day. Here is a file that will help you plan all your next events.
Events guide
6. Get Elections ready
6. Get Elections ready
One of the main purpose of an EDA is to help election campaings of the GPC. You have to raise awareness in your community for your candidate. Here is a file that will help you during this decisive period.
Elections prep
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