From Truthout:
In what is billed as the next stage of the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) 50 State Strategy, national and state Democratic staffers are convening in Cleveland this week to train on the party's new multimillion-dollar nationwide voter file.
About 200 Democratic staffers from all 50 states are meeting at Cleveland State University for a three-day intensive training session on the new VoteBuilder program and interface. The goal is to "train the trainer," allowing attendees to pass knowledge along to Democrats at all levels once they return to their states.
The training represents a final piece of the DNC's $8 million investment in building up its technology to improve its ground game.
The DNC announced in February that it had signed on with the Voter Activation Network (VAN) to build a nationwide interface for the new voter file, providing greater cohesion from the local level up. The new voter file will be free to all state parties and Democratic candidates.
While the DNC has held regional meetings and training since Chairman Howard Dean announced his 50 State Strategy, the national training is unprecedented.
"For the first time, we're bringing all of these people together - our entire national and state party partnership staff - and doing a major training that is about really flexing the muscle of the 50 State Strategy," said DNC spokesman Luis Miranda.
The DNC is focused early on preparing its field program and ground game for the 2008 election while Democratic candidates continue to do battle in the party's presidential nominating contests.
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