In this article, you’ll learn how to export contact or voter lists—for example, to print them in case of a computer issue, or for a volunteer who prefers paper copies.
1. First, go to the Electors section in Démocratik; however, please note that the steps are exactly the same if you go to the Contacts section instead.
2. Before anything else, set the necessary filters to select only the contacts or voters who should be included in your exported list (unless you want to export all your contacts!). Tou could, for example, have created a call operation already, that you want to print for an old-school call canvassing night. You would need to filter your contacts to see only those assigned to that operation.
For the purposes of this example, though, we’ve created a list containing only people who have neither a landline nor a cell phone number in their profile (these are the kinds of filters we’ll use to reach them door-to-door!). Here, we have a short list of 30 fictional electors that we’re going to export.
3. Now, let’s be clear: there is an icon that lets you export on Démocratik. As you may already know if you have done operations already, this button allows you to add your filtered contact list to an existing operation (calling, door-to-door, etc.). In this article, however, we’re focusing on the “Export Data” button.
4. This button is located just to the right of the “Export” button, at the top of your list.
You have two options at this point. Click “Print” again to export your list as a PDF, or “CSV,” which, as the name suggests, will export it as a CSV file. We’ll start by clicking “CSV,” an option that lets you download a list in a format you can edit in Excel.
5. A window will open over your contact list. You’ll see a preview of your list in CSV format.
You can, however, change the CSV columns you’re about to export between:
Default (which contains basic information);
Those in your table (if you’ve changed the column order in your contact list, for example, you could export with the same columns).
You can also export a custom layout by clicking “Custom Layout.” You will need to select the columns to include in your export one by one by checking them. You can include as many or as few columns as you'd like.
No matter which column layout you’ve chosen, or how many columns you’ve selected in your custom layout, you’ll see a preview. Once you’re satisfied with it, you can click “Export” to download the CSV file you’ve created. It will export quickly and will be saved in your Downloads folder.
6. Now let’s see how to export lists as PDFs: in the table view, click “Print,” then click “Print” again. As with CSV export, a window will open. You must now select the type of PDF you want to generate.
You’ll see three default templates:
Door-to-door list, where contacts are grouped by street and voting district to make life easier for your volunteers;
Phone call list, a list organized primarily by phone number; ideal for in-person calls;
Avery grouped by household, which allows you to label envelopes for mailing letters (one per address!).
If your organization has created different templates, you’ll find them right below these default options. You can also create a template from scratch; we’ll cover how to do that later.
In any case, you will see a default template, which you can edit if you wish. If you're satisfied with the preview (regardless of the template) and want to export the list, click “Print.”
The export will complete very quickly, and you will find a printable PDF in your Downloads folder. The export will be named in a way that makes it easy to organize on your computer: “elector_list_2026-05-13,” with the date being the export date.
7. Finally, there is the option to create a template from scratch, also within the PDF export feature. To do this, simply click “Create from blank”.
A new window will open, asking you to start by choosing the type of manifest you want from the following options:
Label (where you can choose the Avery size of label you want to print);
PDF;
Door-to-door list(where you can choose to group by section, or by odds and even, or both, to customize your list);
Call lists (where you can group by section if you so wish).
PDF is the more interesting customizable option here; it's a useful option for printing a simple table of your contact list.
When you click “PDF,” you’ll see a view and options similar to those we saw earlier for exporting a CSV. You can select “Default Columns,” “Columns from Your Table” (but only the first 6), or “Custom Layout,” where you’ll select the columns to display one by one. The result will be a list that looks similar to what you get in CSV format, but it’s not editable (since it’s a PDF), of course.
As with the other methods, when all is done, you should click “Print” to download your final list.
There you go! You’re all set and ready to print lists of your contacts!
