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Only time is finite – Election Day is the key date! Learning to utilize your time efficiently can help you make the largest impact on voters. Every decision on where to spend your time – from deploying volunteers to ʻdialing for dollars ʼ to meeting with constituents – means you are saying no to something else. Vote Run Lead is here to make sure you are in the driver ʼs seat with your time, your race, and your well-being.  \nTimeline Basics  \n● Fundamentals to keep in mind as you begin to create your timeline.  \n● Remember to work backward from Election Day. There is nothing too small to include, just make sure you use the format that works best for you and your team ( monthly calendar, weekly timeline, etc.) .  \n○ Use the excel sheet template, a Google calendar, or start with sticky notes.  \n● Official Deadlines are hard deadlines. They are for everyone and they can not be changed. Deadlines are sacred. But thereʼs a difference between officia l and campaign deadlines.  \n● Timeline benchmarks – both set by you and externally — also allow you to access the health of a campaign. Did you reach your fundraising goal by the campaign report filing deadline? Did you call the number of voters you wanted to by the early voting deadline? Do you have enough volunteers to get out the vote before the Primary?  \n● Campaigns are marathons, not sprints. Timelines allow you to pace the campaign and hit your peak when you are supposed to. Peaks-spending the most money, activating the most volunteers, and touching the most voters - include the beginning of early voting and Get Out The Vote efforts just before Election Day.  \nThere is an art and a science to campaigns and planning and timeline are things that fall under the science. Making campaign deadlines helps to break your campaign into digestible pieces!  \nMinnesota Campaign Timeline | Version [1.0 | contact@voterunlead.org](1.0 | contact@voterunlead.org) 2  \nPlanning Around Financial Deadlines  \n- Financial deadlines can help or hurt your campaign. These are external deadlines that require detailed attention and occur quarterly. You can build fundraising tactics to create momentum. On the other hand you can miss a deadline and it results in a fine. Both can be reported in the paper.  \n-When developing your timeline, become very familiar with Minnesota's Campaign Finance Board and their calendar of disclosure deadlines. There are dates to file your reporting by and also dates when you can last count contributions for each report. These reports are scrutinized by others to determine the health of your campaign-plan around these dates to create momentum for your campaign and to secure donations from supporters.  \n- Be mindful of the date to accept  Public Subsidy which will allow you to utilize the Political Contribution Refund Program. The Public Subsidy allows you to get direct payments from the state to help pay for your campaign (state legislature and constitutional offices) . It allows you to issue political contribution refund receipts (first $50 someone contributes per year) . By accepting this it does put certain spending and contribution limits in place for your campaign, but can drastically increase the amount of donations you receive.  \nNOTE: You can fund raise in a non-election year. You simply need to submit a year end report by January 31 of the next year. There is a combined contribution total allowed, so taking advantage of the extra calendar year to garner additional funds can provide a real advantage to your campaign.  \nMinnesota Campaign Timeline | Version [1.0 | contact@voterunlead.org](1.0 | contact@voterunlead.org) 3  \nPlanning Your Field and Voter Contact Strategy  \nPlanning your field and voter contact strategy will help you determine where on the campaign calendar to leve","cbCaiaGASGwExQnm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaGASGwExQnm","pdf",258064,7,"English","# Timeline Basics\n## Planning Around Financial Deadlines\n## Planning Your Field and Voter Contact Strategy\n## Planning For Communications","[{\"question\":\"Why does the tip sheet emphasize working backward from Election Day?\",\"answer\":\"Election Day is the key date, so planning backward helps the campaign identify what must be done first and avoid missing critical milestones.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the difference between official deadlines and campaign deadlines?\",\"answer\":\"Official deadlines are hard deadlines that cannot be changed and apply to everyone; campaign deadlines can differ and are used for internal pacing and accountability.\"},{\"question\":\"How can financial deadlines and disclosure deadlines affect a campaign?\",\"answer\":\"Financial deadlines can create momentum when used well, but missing them can result in fines. 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