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Carving lets you take a large walk or list and cut out just the voters inside a geographic area you draw on the map.

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When to carve

  • You generated a 200-stop walk covering a large area, but want to give one volunteer just the apartment complex on the north end
  • You want to create a hyper-local election-day route for a specific block
  • You have an area with high foot traffic you want to prioritize separately

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How to carve from a list

  1. Open a saved list (Dashboard → Lists → [list name])
  2. Click Carve Area in the list header
  3. Draw a polygon on the map around your target area
  4. Culper shows how many voters fall inside
  5. Name the new list and click Create List
The carved list can then be used to generate its own walks.

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How to carve from an existing walk

Walks can also be carved directly — useful if you’ve already generated routes and need to sub-divide:
  1. Open the walk detail page
  2. Click Split Walk (for even splits by count or odd/even addresses) — or — Use Carve Area to draw a custom boundary

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What happens to the original

Carving from a list leaves the original list unchanged and creates a new sub-list. Splitting a walk replaces the original walk with the sub-walks. The original walk is no longer available as a single unit.
If volunteers have already started a walk, splitting or carving it will affect stops they haven’t reached yet. Make sure to coordinate with volunteers before splitting an active walk.