Privacy and voter data handling

Reference

This article explains how Motion51 sources, stores, and protects voter data. It is intended to give campaigns, pilot partners, and volunteers a clear picture of what Motion51 does and does not do with personal information.

Source of voter data

All voter records in Motion51 come from the official voter file distributed by Florida county Supervisors of Elections. These files are public records under Florida law and are routinely used by campaigns, researchers, journalists, and political organizations.

Motion51 does not scrape, purchase, or augment voter data from non-public sources.

What data is stored

Per-voter records in Motion51 include the fields provided in the official county voter file. Typically this is:

Name
Residential and mailing address
Voter registration number (state voter ID)
Date of birth or year of birth
Party affiliation
Vote history (which elections the voter participated in, not how they voted)
District assignments

Knock records add:

The volunteer who logged the contact
The response code (e.g., Support, Undecided)
A timestamp
Optional volunteer notes

What is not stored

Motion51 does not store:

Phone numbers, email addresses, or social media profiles, unless they are present in the official county file.
Inferred or scored modeling data from third-party data brokers.
Voter photos, videos, or audio recordings.

Who can see voter data

Campaign admins see voter data only for voters in their campaign's Eligible Voter Pool.
Volunteers see voter data only for voters in turfs assigned to them.
Motion51 staff have administrative access for support and operations.

Volunteers cannot see voter data outside their assigned turfs. Admins from one campaign cannot see voter data from another campaign.

Data security

Motion51 enforces:

Encrypted transport (HTTPS) for all connections.
Server-side input validation and protection against common web attacks.
Encrypted nightly database backups stored separately from the production database.
Per-account sign-in for every user; no shared logins.

What pilot partners can do with their data

Pilot partners receive their full canvassing data file at the conclusion of a pilot period, including every knock and response code. This data is yours to keep, share with your campaign team, and use in your own operations.

Motion51 does not sell or share campaign-specific knock data with third parties.

Volunteer responsibility

Volunteers agree, when they sign in, to use Motion51 only for legitimate campaign activity. Volunteers should not photograph, record, or distribute voter information shown in the app.

Questions

For specific questions about how a particular field is handled or whether a specific data source is permitted under your campaign's policies, contact your Motion51 staff member directly.