Contact Sync

What is Contact Sync?

The Relational Contact Web feature lets you find voters who are already in your phone contacts. This enables more effective outreach because:

• People are more likely to engage with someone they know
• You can leverage existing relationships for neighbor-to-neighbor outreach
• Personal conversations are more persuasive than cold calls

How It Works

1. You grant permission to access your contacts
2. The app creates secure hashes of phone numbers (not the actual numbers)
3. These hashes are compared against hashed voter phone numbers
4. Matches appear as “My Connections” in your voter list

Privacy Protection

Caution

Your actual phone numbers and contact names are NEVER stored on our servers.

We take privacy seriously:

• Phone numbers are hashed using SHA-256 encryption before leaving your device
• Only first names are stored as hints (to help identify the contact)
• You control your data - revoke consent anytime to delete all stored hashes
• No contact lists are uploaded or stored

Enabling Contact Sync

1. Open Settings in the app
2. Tap “Contact Sharing”
3. Read the privacy explanation and tap “Enable”
4. Grant contact permission when prompted by your phone
5. Wait for sync - this takes a few seconds

Tip

After initial sync, contacts are automatically re-synced every few days to catch new matches.

Viewing Your Connections

Once sync is complete:

1. Go to the Voters tab
2. Tap the filter icon
3. Select “My Connections”

You’ll see all voters who match your phone contacts, with a badge showing the match.

Confidence Levels

Each connection has a confidence level based on how likely the match is correct:

Level	Meaning
High	First names match closely - very likely the same person
Medium	Phone matched but names don’t match well - could be family member
Low	Voter has Do Not Contact or similar status

Assignments

When multiple volunteers match the same voter, an admin may assign you specifically to reach out. You’ll see:

• A notification that you’ve been assigned
• An “Assigned to Me” badge on the voter card
• The voter in the “Assigned to Me” filter

Why Assignments?

If three volunteers all know the same voter, we don’t want all three calling them. Assignments coordinate outreach so voters aren’t overwhelmed.

Revoking Consent

You can disable contact sharing anytime:

1. Open Settings
2. Tap “Contact Sharing”
3. Tap “Revoke Consent”

This immediately deletes all your stored phone hashes from our servers. Your connections will no longer appear in the app.