<s>
A	O
voter	B-Application
database	I-Application
is	O
a	O
database	O
containing	O
information	O
on	O
voters	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
assisting	O
a	O
political	O
party	O
or	O
an	O
individual	O
politician	O
,	O
in	O
their	O
Get	O
out	O
the	O
vote	O
(	O
GOTV	O
)	O
efforts	O
and	O
other	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
voter	B-Application
database	I-Application
is	O
central	O
to	O
many	O
parts	O
of	O
a	O
campaign	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Personal	O
data	O
frequently	O
included	O
in	O
a	O
voter	B-Application
database	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
voter	B-Application
databases	I-Application
has	O
been	O
established	O
in	O
political	O
campaigns	O
at	O
all	O
levels	O
from	O
local	O
to	O
national	O
elections	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
HAVA	O
required	O
that	O
each	O
state	O
compile	O
an	O
official	O
state	O
voter	B-Application
database	I-Application
by	O
January	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
States	O
decided	O
what	O
information	O
to	O
include	O
,	O
what	O
restrictions	O
to	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
their	O
voter	B-Application
database	I-Application
,	O
and	O
how	O
much	O
the	O
database	O
would	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
several	O
companies	O
have	O
merged	O
state	O
voter	O
information	O
with	O
commercially	O
obtained	O
data	O
to	O
create	O
comprehensive	O
voter	B-Application
databases	I-Application
that	O
include	O
a	O
plethora	O
of	O
personal	O
details	O
on	O
each	O
voter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
the	O
Republicans	O
use	O
rVotes	O
Data	O
Center	O
and	O
the	O
Democrats	O
use	O
Votebuilder	O
from	O
the	O
Voter	B-Application
Activation	I-Application
Network	I-Application
(	O
VAN	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
to	O
2009	O
the	O
Conservative	O
Party	O
used	O
a	O
programme	O
called	O
BlueChip	B-Application
which	O
was	O
a	O
programme	O
held	O
on	O
individual	O
Conservative	O
Association	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlueChip	B-Application
was	O
not	O
a	O
nationally	O
centralised	O
database	O
and	O
it	O
relied	O
entirely	O
on	O
local	O
activists	O
maintaining	O
it	O
and	O
updating	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
2005	O
General	O
Election	O
the	O
party	O
incorporated	O
a	O
national	O
model	O
called	O
Voter	O
Vault	O
into	O
the	O
BlueChip	B-Application
system	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
to	O
direct	O
canvassers	O
towards	O
voters	O
based	O
on	O
demographics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Britain	O
's	O
Labour	O
Party	O
has	O
used	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
voter	B-Application
databases	I-Application
through	O
the	O
past	O
two	O
decades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2011	O
Liberal	O
Democrats	O
began	O
to	O
adopt	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
NGP	B-Application
VAN	I-Application
's	O
Voter	B-Application
Activation	I-Application
Network	I-Application
(	O
VAN	O
)	O
software	O
named	O
"	O
Connect	O
"	O
..	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Liberal	O
Party	O
has	O
recently	O
introduced	O
""	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
US	O
's	O
Democrats	O
 '	O
Voter	B-Application
Activation	I-Application
Network	I-Application
(	O
VAN	O
)	O
Previously	O
the	O
Liberals	O
used	O
a	O
system	O
called	O
ManagElect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
availability	O
of	O
voter	O
files	O
sometimes	O
creates	O
a	O
need	O
for	O
voter	O
list	O
management	O
software	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
using	O
Excel	B-Application
spreadsheets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
may	O
be	O
accomplished	O
in	O
a	O
spreadsheet	O
program	O
like	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet-based	O
software	O
has	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
benefits	O
of	O
desktop-based	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
the	O
additional	O
advantage	O
of	O
being	O
accessible	O
from	O
any	O
computer	O
(	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
,	O
or	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
with	O
an	O
Internet	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
