I'd like to know if it's possible to upload a list (e.g. an XL Spreadsheet) of names etc., enter a few characters, then download the edited list back to a PC?

Question

I have a cloud based political campaign management system which has as a core product a door-to-door canvassing list called a "Walklikst".  It's a pre-routed list of voters' names, addresses, phone #'s and voting history, which a canvasser uses to interview voters.  The canvasser enters a numeric "Results Code" - e.g. 1 = Strong for opponent, 2 = leaning toward opponent, 3 = undecided, etc. - and possibly a few other Y"es" N"o" codes, for such things as, "Is it permissible to place a sign in the yeard?", "Is it a NON-english household?", "Does the voter need assistance to get to the polls?", "Would the voter like to make a comment, or have the candidate call him/her back?".
This is currently done with printed lists, and the resulting data is interactively entered into the system to provide statistical, management and strategizing reports.  I'd like to take this paperless, by the canvasser using a tablet computer.  I'd like to generate the walklists in a format something like a spreadsheet, do that the canvasser can display each household's information, conduct the interview, then enter the results into the tablet.  That file would then be downloaded back to the PC, and batch posted to the candidates' databases.  This would not only eliminate a lot of, what should be unnecessary, paper, but minimize data entry errors.
Can someone tell me if this is possible, and if so, in what format must the data be generated for the tablet?

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Thank you J D McIninch,  for the response; I found it helpful and I'm looking into your suggestion.
Re: your last paragraph, howevr, while I certainly respect your right to your opinion, I’m sorry that you feel so strongly that political canvassing is a nuisance, because it really isn’t.  You'd be surprised to find out how many voters look forward to that, in order to get some grass roots information about the candidate(s) and thier views.  In addition, the canvassing tends to have somewhat of an effect with voters.  At the very least, since canvassing is normally done by all candidates for any given race, it gives the voters an opportunity to compare the candidates at a personal level, in order to enable them to, hopefully, vote more intelligently.  To illustrate how an ignorant vote is worse than none at all, just consider the horrible state the country is in today.