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Advanced Counts: Expert Phones

Develop a detailed phone contact list from different phone number data sources

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Written by FLS Help
Updated over 8 months ago

Phone numbers are generally not provided in voter data, and various data sources are applied to append voter records with the best possible matching phone numbers. Use Advanced Counts > Expert Phones to filter voter records by Landline and Mobile phone types with specific attributes for customizing your voter list.


Phone Type

Select Mobile or Landline phone number types for your list. The Exclude Do Not Call (DNC) option will automatically exclude records listed on the FTC National Do Not Call Registry from a voter list. While political calls are allowed for phone numbers on the registry, filtered records can be used to enhance phone contact lists. Separate Home Phone DNC and Cell Phone DNC fields are provided in Phone List exports to identify DNC phone numbers.


Telephone Reliability Code (TRC)

Select the Phone Type and one or more TRC values to add into your count criteria. Phone data from Data Axle generally applies numeric TRC values where 9 is the highest reliability, and phones appended from Neustar contain alphabetic values where A is the highest reliability. Phones selected from Phones > Phone Numbers will automatically include only phone numbers with the High Reliability roll-up value.

Telephone Reliability Code

TRC Roll-up Value

0 - Unverified

Unverified

3 - Lowest

Low

4 - Lower

Low

5 - Low

Low

6 - Low

Low

7 - High

High

8 - Higher

High

9 - Highest

High

A - Neustar Highest

High

B - Neustar Higher

High

C - Neustar High

High

F - Neustar Low

Low

G - Neustar Low

Low

I - Neustar Lower

Low

J - Neustar Lowest

Low

K - Neustar Lowest

Low

E - Neustar High

High

H - High Contactability

High

M - Medium Contactability

Medium

L - Low Contactability

Low

U - Unverified/No Phone Number Available

Unverified


Phone Number Provider

Select the Phone Type and one or more Provider types:

  • Nothing: no provider type was provided

  • Primary Landline: the best-matched landline against Match Level and Append Date

  • Primary Mobile: the best-matched mobile against Match Level and Append Date

  • Data Axle: phone number was appended by a consumer marketing data vendor

  • Neustar: phone number was appended by a business marketing data vendor

  • Voter File: phone number was provided in voter registration record

  • ABEV: phone number was provided in absentee ballot request record

  • User: phone number was added or edited by a Data Center user


Phone Number Source

Indicates if the Primary Phone number originated from the voter file, absentee ballot request (ABEV), or a data vendor.


Match Level

Provider

Match Level Code

Description

Data Axle

1

Zip/Street/House#/Surname/Given name

Data Axle

2

Zip/Street/House#/Surname

Data Axle

3

Zip/Street/Surname/Given name

Data Axle

4

Zip/Surname/Given name

Data Axle

5

Zip/Street/Surname

Data Axle

6

Zip/Surname/Given name (including nickname)

Data Axle

7

Zip/Surname

Neustar

H

High phone linkage score

Neustar

M

Medium phone linkage score

Neustar

L

Low phone linkage score


Time Of Day (when provided)

TOD Code

Description

A

12am – 2am

B

2am – 4am

C

4am – 6am

D

6am – 8am

E

8am – 10am

F

10am – 12pm

G

12pm – 2pm

H

2pm – 4pm

I

4pm – 6pm

K

6pm – 8pm

L

8pm – 10pm

M

10pm - 12am

N

No Data Available


Phone Append Date

Select the Phone Type and a Date Range for records whose phone numbers were updated within the selected time frame in the voter file.

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