Ballot Access Pros
Welcome Packet
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Welcome to Ballot Access Pros
Welcome to Ballot Access Pros. We are an elite ballot access organization committed to setting the standard for campaigns and field projects across the country.
During your time here, you will have the opportunity to learn from experienced industry leaders and develop the skills needed to succeed in GOTV, petitioning, leadership, and whatever endeavor you choose to pursue next.
Do not read this manual simply to finish it. Read it to understand it. Take notes. Practice what you learn. Return to it when you need direction.
What if this manual could give you more than a map for becoming excellent in this industry?
What if the principles inside it could help you create greater freedom, pull yourself out of a difficult situation, and become the person you have promised yourself you would become?
Would you skim the words, or would you study them, practice them, and make the most of the opportunity in front of you?
One of our core values is Always Work for the Next Job.
That means the work you do today builds your reputation, creates tomorrow’s opportunities, and demonstrates whether you are ready for greater responsibility. Learning and applying this manual is one of the first ways you can show that you are ready for the next project, the next position, and the next level of your development.
The Vision
Ballot Access Pros was built to create opportunity.
We want to be a launching point for people who need a chance, a place where individuals can earn, learn, grow, and decide what comes next in their lives.
We understand that not everyone who joins us will follow the same path. Some people will work with us for one project. Some will return season after season. Some will use the money, skills, and experience they gain here to pursue an entirely different calling. Others will help us build this organization and grow into project trainers, project managers, project leaders, partners, and potentially owners.
Each of those paths is respected.
We also understand that people have different beliefs, priorities, and goals. Team members may choose not to accept a petition, candidate, or project that conflicts with their personal convictions. We do not ask people to abandon their values to work with us. We ask them to communicate clearly, honor the commitments they make, and perform with excellence when they accept an assignment.
Ballot Access Pros is building the strongest ballot access organization in the nation. We will support the election process, help give voters meaningful choices, and develop exceptional canvassers, circulators, and leaders. Ballot Access Pros is becoming the first call for major projects across the country.
When Ballot Access Pros accepts a mission, our clients know we will execute with discipline, consistency, and integrity, and that we will produce the results needed to win.
Results matter, but integrity comes first. When the easy decision conflicts with the right decision, we choose what is morally and ethically right. Our reputation will only be built on results we can be proud of.
Most importantly, Ballot Access Pros refuses to be built around one person. We are building an organization that can outlast any single campaign, project, leader, or owner.
Our goal is to create long-term opportunities and real pathways from field representative to project trainer, project manager, project leader, partner, and, where appropriate, ownership. We believe that people who create meaningful and lasting value should have the opportunity to participate in the success they help build.
Whether you are with us for one project or help lead this company for years, our goal is for your time here to make you more capable, more disciplined, more confident, and better prepared for whatever comes next.
We will provide the training, standards, and opportunity.
What you build with that opportunity is up to you.
Core Values
Our core values define who we are, how we work, how we lead, and how we grow.
These core values are the opposite of slogans. They are standards we live by, decisions we make, and behaviors we expect from ourselves and those around us.
Integrity First
Do what is right, especially when doing the right thing is difficult or costly.
Tell the truth. Keep your word. Follow the law, campaign requirements, and petition rules. Correct questionable work immediately and address misconduct when you see it.
When a mistake happens, own it. When something changes, communicate it. When the right decision costs us money, production, or convenience, we still make the right decision.
Integrity means doing the right thing when everyone is watching and when no one is watching.
Be a Stepping Stone
Be the opportunity someone needs.
Help people earn, grow, develop skills, and move toward the life they choose.
Someone may work with Ballot Access Pros for one project. Someone else may return season after season. Another person may become a project trainer, project manager,project leader, partner, or owner. Someone may use their experience here to pursue an entirely different dream.
Every one of those paths can represent success.
Give people honest information, real opportunity, strong training, and the freedom to choose what is best for their life.
Help people move forward.
Congruency
Make your actions match your words.
Your word should mean something.
When you say you are going to give 100%, give 100%. When you commit to a goal, pursue it with discipline. When you make a promise to your team, client, or yourself, follow through.
You may give everything you have and still miss a goal. That is an opportunity to learn, improve, and attack the goal again.
Congruency means becoming a person whose commitments can be trusted.
How You Do One Thing Is How You Do Everything
Excellence is a habit.
Take pride in the small things with the same intensity you bring to the important things. Your paperwork, vehicle, workspace, petitions, communication, and personal responsibilities all reflect your standards.
Do the little things correctly even when nobody will ever know you did them.
Pick up the trash. Hold the door. Organize the paperwork. Clean up after yourself. Finish the task properly.
The details people never see reveal the standards you truly live by.
Always Work for the Next Job
Treat every assignment as an opportunity to earn the next one.
Deliver what you promised. Follow the client’s instructions. Meet deadlines. Communicate early. Produce excellent work.
When a client expects petitions organized, give them organized petitions. When an additional step improves accuracy, presentation, or efficiency, take that step.
Create work so good that the client wants Ballot Access Pros on their next project and confidently recommends us to someone else.
Every job creates the opportunity for the next job.
Be Better
Become better than you were yesterday.
Learn from your mistakes. Pursue knowledge. Improve your production, mindset, skills, character, communication, and leadership.
Ask yourself:
Could I have worked harder?
Could I have prepared better?
What caused me to miss the result I wanted?
What can I learn today that prepares me for this challenge tomorrow?
Seek wisdom from books, mentors, experience, technology, and people who have already accomplished what you want to accomplish.
Then pass that knowledge forward.
Your growth becomes more valuable when the people around you grow with you.
Efficiency Is the Key to Success
Constantly search for safer, faster, simpler, and more accurate ways to work.
Look at every process and ask how it can become better.
Can you remove an unnecessary step?
Can you organize the process differently?
Can you increase production without sacrificing quality?
Can you create a system that saves everyone time?
Test improvements quickly, measure the results, and keep what works.
Small improvements compounded consistently create extraordinary results.
Efficiency means accomplishing more while protecting quality, accuracy, and integrity.
Leaders Eat Last
Leadership is service.
Your title gives you responsibility. Your actions make you a leader.
Make decisions that strengthen the team and advance the mission. Give your people the training, resources, guidance, accountability, and support they need to succeed.
When your team struggles, help them.
When your team succeeds, celebrate them.
When something goes wrong, take responsibility.
When something goes right, share the credit.
Great leaders understand that the success of the people around them creates their own long-term success.
Team needs above personal convenience.
Enjoy What You Have NOW
Build an extraordinary future and enjoy the life you have created along the way.
Ambitious people naturally chase the next goal, the next campaign, the next income level, the next position, and the next version of themselves.
Take time to recognize how far you have already come.
Be grateful for the people around you. Celebrate your wins. Create experiences you will remember. Take the trip. Buy yourself something meaningful. Spend time with the people you love.
Keep building → and give yourself permission to enjoy what you have already built.
“Most people spend their entire lives chasing the life they want, only to wish they had lived the life they already had.”
- Charles Eden
What Ballot Access Pros Expects From You
We fully expect you to learn everything we teach you, give this opportunity 100% of your effort, work hard, study, and practice.
When you apply yourself and drop the excuses for why you cannot do something, you will discover you are capable of more than you are right now. There is always someone willing to do more, give more, and learn more. You have the ability to learn from everyone. Even the person writing this manual knows he still has a great deal to learn.
We fully expect you to stay open-minded and, most importantly, coachable. People who fail to take constructive criticism or learn from their mistakes are tough to be around. We avoid them at Ballot Access Pros.
We expect you to embody the principles we teach and live them every day. When you are in the field representing Ballot Access Pros, act as if the owners are watching you. Would they approve of your actions? Would the client? Would a family member you respect approve of your actions?
Use these tools and teachings to become better every day. We know you will fail at times. We know some days will be hard. We know you will sometimes need a break. Push yourself to do the hard thing anyway. Always give 100%. Use every resource available to become the best version of yourself each day.
The BAP Learning System
The Mice, the Chocolate, and the Habit That Changes Everything
Ballot Access Pros teaches every new team member a simple story about how habits are created.
Picture a group of mice placed inside a maze. Each time a bell rings, the mice enter the maze and begin searching. At first, they move without direction because they have no reason to choose one path over another.
Then chocolate is placed at the end of the maze.
The bell rings. The mice search, find the chocolate, and experience the reward.
The next time the bell rings, the mice move with greater purpose. Through repetition, they begin connecting the bell, the path, and the reward.
This pattern can be described in three steps:
Trigger → Response → Reward
The trigger starts the behavior.
The response is the action you choose.
The reward teaches your brain whether that action should become a habit.
The same pattern applies to the way you learn and solve problems.
The Old Habit
For many people, the habit looks like this:
Trigger: You have a question or encounter a problem.
Response: You immediately ask a manager for the answer.
Reward: Someone solves the problem for you, and you return to what feels comfortable.
This response may solve the immediate problem, and it leaves the learning opportunity in someone else’s hands.
Repeated often enough, this habit creates dependency. It slows down the individual, adds unnecessary pressure to leadership, and prevents valuable lessons from becoming permanent skills.
Ballot Access Pros develops resourceful people.
We use a stronger system.
The BAP Habit
Trigger: You have a question or encounter a problem.
Response: You search the Training and Welcome Manual and video library, apply the instructions, and evaluate the result.
Reward: You solve the problem, strengthen your judgment, and become more capable.
Every time you follow this process, you train yourself to think independently.
You learn where information is stored.
You remember the answer longer.
You solve similar problems faster.
You ask better questions.
You become a more valuable representative, teammate, and leader.
Your brain gets the chocolate through progress, confidence, and competence.
Search. Apply. Ask.
When you have a routine question, follow these three steps:
1. Search
Review the relevant section of this manual and search the video library. Read and watch the full instruction. Valuable answers are often missed when someone skims the title, watches part of a video, or stops after the first sentence.
2. Apply
Follow the instructions and attempt the solution. Give the process a complete and honest effort. Pay attention to what happens so you can clearly explain the result.
3. Ask
When additional guidance is needed, ask a specific question.
Include:
• What happened
• What resource you reviewed
• What steps you completed
• What result you received
• What guidance you need
A strong question allows leadership to understand the situation and help you quickly.
Instead of sending:
“My app is broken.”
Send:
“My app stopped loading assignments at 2:15 p.m. I reviewed the troubleshooting video, restarted the app, restarted my phone, and confirmed that I have service. My assignments are still blank. What should I try next?”
The second message demonstrates effort, awareness, and resourcefulness.
Know When to Contact Leadership Immediately
Most routine questions should begin with the Search, Apply, Ask process.
Certain situations require immediate communication with leadership.
Pause the action and contact the appropriate leader when the situation involves:
• Personal safety or an emergency
• An injury, threat, or unsafe working condition
• Harassment or discrimination
• Possible fraud, forgery, or misconduct
• Lost petitions, voter information, or company property
• Uncertainty about election law or petition requirements
• Questions about how a petition or campaign may be described
• Conflicting instructions from leadership or the client
• A serious voter or teammate complaint
• Any action that could harm a voter, client, team member, or Ballot Access Pros
Resourcefulness includes recognizing when a decision requires additional authority.
Integrity, safety, and legal compliance always receive immediate attention.
Build the New Habit Loop
Self-sufficiency develops through repetition.
The first time you search for an answer, it may take longer than asking someone else. The next time the solutions become faster. Soon, you know where to look, how to apply the information, and how to solve problems before they grow.
That is how experience is built. → That is how confidence is earned. →That is how reps become leaders.
Ballot Access Pros will challenge you, coach you, and hold you accountable. We will provide the training, systems, resources, and support required for growth.
Your willingness to study, practice, apply feedback, and solve problems will determine the opportunities you earn.
From this point forward, make resourcefulness your automatic response.
Search first. → Apply what you learn. → Ask better questions.
Become more valuable every day.
A Message From Leadership
Make the Most of the Run
We have never reached the end of a project and a top canvasser or petitioner tells us, “I wish I worked fewer hours, made less money, or slept in longer.” The people who gave the project 100% leave proud of what they accomplished and paid well for the effort they put in everyday! They leave prepared for whatever comes next.
The people who waste the opportunity play the same broken record: “I wish I woke up earlier, worked longer hours, put in more effort, and made more money. I promise next time I will.”
Leadership has heard that speech too many times. By then, the project is over. The doors are gone. The signatures are gone. The money you could have made is gone. Promises about next time simply won't bring back the lost hours.
You Have Two Choices Every Day
Option A: Protect your comfort. Sleep in, start late, work partial hours, make excuses, doom scroll, go party, take time off and leave money on the table.
Option B: Wake up, prepare, work the full day you committed to, practice your craft, push through the hard moments, and make the most of every hour the project gives you.
Choose wisely. Every project has an ending, and that ending arrives whether you are ready or not.
When the project shuts down or the season ends, where do you want to be?
Option A: Wishing you had worked harder, replaying the days you wasted, and scrambling to figure out how you will pay your bills during the downtime.
Option B: Investing the money you made, enjoying your time off, traveling the country, recovering, and preparing for the next project from a position of strength.
Your choices during the run determine which position you earn.
The Choice That Built Ballot Access Pros
The journey of Ballot Access Pros was everything except easy. This message comes from lived experience in the field, working beside the people who wanted to change their lives and gave it everything they had. While watching others make excuses and wasted thousands of dollars because they chose comfort over opportunity.
This company was built by canvassers, circulators, leaders, and owners who made the most of every project placed in front of them. Our field teams worked through rejection, long days, difficult conditions, and the moments when quitting felt easier. They gave 100%, made their money, and ensured Ballot Access Pros exceeded every goal and deadline our clients demanded.
During critical periods of building this company, ownership worked 15 to 18 hour days and circulators 12 to 13 hour days.
Wake Up → Work → Sleep → Repeat
We sacrificed comfort, sleep, free time, and things that mattered to build something that could matter even more: a place where someone can walk in, give everything they have, make real money, develop valuable skills, and completely change the direction of their life.
A true stepping stone. An environment where effort creates opportunity and the people who bring value enjoy the rewards.
Give the Opportunity 100%
The leaders and senior teammates at Ballot Access Pros will ask you to meet the same standard that built this company and that our strongest people continue to meet today:
Give 100% to every commitment you accept.
Work the hours you said you would work. Arrive prepared. Study your craft. Practice your skills. Use your resources. Communicate early. Push through the hard days and make the most of the opportunity while it is still in front of you.
Work every project like it is the last confirmed project Ballot Access Pros has on the calendar.
Projects close. Seasons end. Contracts change. Clients change direction. The next job is earned through the results we produce today.
Make your money while the project is active. Build your reputation while the client is watching. Sharpen your skills while leadership is available to teach you. Take advantage of the opportunity while you have it.
The more you choose Option A, the more you will find yourself scrambling to survive during the downtime.
The more you choose Option B, the more you will find yourself thriving during the offseason.
A Quote to Live By
“Live a few years of your life like most people will not, so you can live the rest of your life like most people cannot.”
Make the sacrifice now. Earn the freedom later. Make the most of the run.
What You Can Expect From Ballot Access Pros
We expect a lot from you, and you should expect a lot from us.
You will get the truth. Sometimes you will love what we have to say. Sometimes you will hate it. You will always hear it directly and honestly. We will tell you where you stand, what is happening, what your options are, and what each choice may cost or create.
You will get the full picture. We will explain the opportunity, the risk, the good, the bad, and what Ballot Access Pros needs. We will give you the information and allow you to make the decision that is best for your life. We will give you the truth instead of selling you a dream simply because a project needs more people.
Some jobs end when the work is complete. Some projects require us to move quickly because the next opportunity creates more work for the entire company. We will explain why those decisions are being made. The long-term strength of the whole organization comes before the preference of one person, including ownership.
You will get the tools to win. We will continue updating this manual, expanding the video library, improving our systems, and sharpening our training. Our goal is to create an environment where you can show up, bring your own personality and work style, stay within the law, client requirements, and BAP standards, and make the most of every project.
You will see our Core Values in action. These standards apply to owners, leaders, top producers, and new team members. Rank creates more responsibility. It never creates an exemption. We will continue securing work, building this company, and creating opportunities so Ballot Access Pros can remain a stepping stone for everyone who comes through our doors.
We will protect the culture. Toxic behavior, arrogance, disrespect, harassment, manipulation, and treating people as if they are beneath you will end your time with Ballot Access Pros. You can be the top producer in the country and still lose your place here when you poison the team. Production never buys permission to treat people badly.
It is nice to be important. It is more important to be nice.
We will invest in people who invest in themselves. If you are serious about building a new life, we will help you. We will coach you, challenge you, share the lessons that changed our lives, and give you honest advice. We will help anyone whose actions prove they are willing to put in the effort.
Words begin the conversation. Actions earn our time, trust, and investment.
We will create room for leaders to rise. Ballot Access Pros notices the little tests: how you handle responsibility, how you treat the newest person on the team, what you do when nobody is watching, how you respond to pressure, and whether you solve problems or create them.
Anyone who builds massive value, passes those tests, takes on more responsibility, protects the mission, goes above and beyond, and demonstrates true leadership will earn greater trust and greater opportunity.
Leadership at BAP is earned through character, consistency, results, and service. When you prove you are ready for more, we will give you more.
We will protect this team. We welcome people from every background and every walk of life. We will protect our people, culture, clients, and mission from anyone who seeks to harm them.
Learn the Code of Conduct. Read that section like your future with Ballot Access Pros depends on it, because it does.
The rules apply to everyone. Owners, leaders, top producers, and new representatives are held to the same standards. A title, production record, or relationship with leadership will never protect someone who seriously violates those rules.
Break a serious rule and your next career chapter will be written somewhere without Ballot Access Pros in it.
We will give you truth, training, opportunity, support, and accountability.
Bring value. Protect the culture. Live the Core Values.
We will help you build a future here.
Chain of Command
Who Does What?
Your private contractor communication chat gives you access to the entire leadership and support team. Tag the person responsible for your question.
Charles
Tag Charles for field operations, job-related questions, final approval for contractor advances, training and coaching, and future growth with the company. You may also have an assigned project coordinator who provides assistance on each project.
Bianca
Tag Bianca for onboarding, background checks, state certificates, flights, rental cars, and logistics (except housing).
BAP Numbers
Tag BAP Numbers for payroll, pay dates, ledger questions, expenses, and reimbursements.
Isaac
Tag Isaac for housing and validity reports. You will rarely need to tag Isaac outside of housing or validity-related questions.
BAP Assistant
Tag the BAP Assistant for general support, help locating information, questions that require assistance from multiple departments, and anything the Assistant Team can help resolve.
Kabir
Tag Kabir for anything not listed above, urgent issues, and situations where the appropriate person has not responded within a reasonable amount of time.
We communicate through Signal. Keep notifications turned on for your private contractor communication chat and all required announcement chats.
Additional Signal Chats
These Chats Are Just as Important as Your Private Management Group
STATE - ANNOUNCEMENTS
This is a read-only chat.
Only Charles Eden, Kabir Wolf, assistants, or authorized project coordinators may post in this chat. Every mission-critical update will be posted here, including turn-in times and locations, pay changes, area assignments, campaign updates, petition updates, validity alerts, new laws or rule changes, police heat, training requirements, and anything else you are responsible for knowing.
We suggest you make this a habit to check this chat three to four times every day.
Long messages are long for a reason. We suggest you read every word. Ignorance will be rejected as an excuse. You are responsible for knowing the information posted in this chat.
How to Find Important Files: Open the announcement chat → Tap the chat name → Tap More → Select the folder you need (Project Documents, Training Library, or HQ).
Project Documents include specific requirements, Things to Know, important updates, and any other documents required for the project.
The Training Library includes the Training Manual and Welcome Packet, training videos, Company Index, and important training updates. We suggest you use these, as they are proven methods to help you increase profitability on every project. These methods are tested through years of field experience.
The HQ Map Link includes current housing locations, current office locations, and updated addresses whenever we move. The HQ Map Link updates every time we change houses or offices. Current addresses will only be posted here.
Social Chat - State
The Social Chat is the team’s hype and numbers chat. This chat stays positive, high-energy, and professional.
What Belongs Here: Daily motivation, big-number celebrations, area wins, helpful tips, team accomplishments, clean and funny memes, and positive energy.
What Stays Out of This Chat: Complaining, trashing areas, attacking teammates, personal arguments, drama, toxic behavior, and negativity.
Negativity kills the contractor's momentum. We protect the culture here. When you are having a difficult day, bring the situation to your private contractor communication chat so leadership can help you solve it. When another person is being toxic, take a screenshot and post it in your private contractor communication chat. Leadership will address the situation and remove the person when necessary.
“You have two choices each day: Make it a great day or make it a bad day. The difference is your attitude. We choose great days” –Ed Pettit
Leadership may ask you to remove a post that damages the energy or culture of the chat. Remove it immediately. Refusing to remove the post will result in removal from the Social Chat and may lead to removal from the project.
Pro Tip: The Social Chat is amazing, and it can blow up quickly. Mute this chat when the number of messages becomes distracting. Set specific times throughout the day to check it so you can enjoy the team energy while staying focused on production. Keep your management group and announcement notifications turned on.
Client and Field Photo Chats
Canvassing projects may include separate chats where you are required to post photos with voters, photos of yourself working, field updates, client-required proof of activity, and other project-specific content.
The client may be inside these chats.
Everything you post must remain professional. A single inappropriate message, photo, comment, or argument can damage the client relationship and result in your removal from the campaign.
We will explain the exact purpose, posting requirements, and rules for these chats in the GOTV section of this manual.
When the client is in the chat, treat every post like the entire company is being judged by it, because it is.
The Signal Standard
Signal keeps our communication organized, documented, and fast.
Use the correct chat. Tag the correct person. Read every announcement. Keep your information updated. Communicate early. Ask complete questions. Protect the BAP culture.
Your ability to communicate professionally is part of your performance at Ballot Access Pros.
Company Assistance Is a Privilege
Ballot Access Pros wants to state this one more time so there is ZERO confusion.
You are a 1099 independent contractor. You are responsible for your housing, transportation, travel, equipment, and every other expense required to perform your work.
BAP has ZERO obligation to arrange, provide, or advance any of these resources.
We choose to help because we want you to have everything you need to make the most of this opportunity. We want to reduce the upfront barriers, help you get to work, and give you the best chance to win.
Everyone is held to the same standard.
If you break the housing or rental car rules, abuse these resources, hide damage, or create repeated problems, you will lose company assistance indefinitely.
From that point forward, you will be 100% responsible for securing and paying for your own housing, transportation, and logistics.
We help because we want you to win.
Protect the privilege.
Rental Cars With BAP
Privilege, Responsibility, and Trust. Treat It Like Gold.
Ballot Access Pros is not required to provide you with a vehicle.
You are an independent contractor. This means you are responsible for the equipment and resources required to perform the job. Getting to work is your responsibility.
BAP negotiated a great rental program with Enterprise so we can help you save money. We also understand that some people cannot afford the full cost upfront, so we may advance the rental cost and place it on your ledger.
We are willing to help anyone who needs it.
Abuse the program and the privilege disappears. Bottom line.
Your Independent Contractor Agreement and the separate Ballot Access Pros Rental Car Agreement make your responsibility clear. You are fully responsible for all damages, tickets, tolls, fines, cleaning fees, smoking fees, lawyer fees, and any other expense connected to the vehicle assigned to you.
Rental Car Program Guide
Rates vary per state - please see the pricing in PCC.
Read the entire guide before picking up your rental car.
Pickup Protocol
IMPORTANT: Never pick up a rental car from the airport.
Airport rates are double or triple what our program covers. The BAP rental program does not cover airport pickups.
Follow this process:
1. Uber to the local Enterprise location provided by operations. An uber can be arranged for you upon request.
2. The Uber cost will be added to your ledger unless you choose to pay for your own ride.
3. Show your valid driver’s license at the counter. That is all you need.
4. No credit card is required.
5. If an additional driver is needed, that person must be added at the counter during pickup.
6. Additional drivers cannot be added later under our program.
7. You are forbidden to add any additional add-ons to your rental car. Please see your Rental Car Contract for the specifics.
Only the renter and drivers officially listed on the Enterprise rental agreement may operate the vehicle.
Before You Leave the Enterprise Lot
Once Enterprise hands you the keys, stop.
Complete this entire process before you drive away from the lot.
1. Take a clear photo of the keys.
2. Send the photo inside your private management chat.
3. Before getting inside the vehicle, record a slow walkaround video of the complete exterior.
4. Clearly show every scratch, dent, crack, mark, or existing area of damage.
5. Open the vehicle and record the complete interior.
6. Show the seats, dashboard, floors, windows, trunk, and overall condition.
7. Send every photo and video inside your private management chat.
8. Leave the Enterprise lot only after the documentation is complete.
9. Make sure you show the mileage and the gas level of the car.
Complete this process every time you receive a new vehicle or swap vehicles.
How you do one thing is how you do everything.
If you rush through the inspection and record a terrible video, that video may fail to protect you when Enterprise charges for damage later.
Take your time. Document everything.
If you skip this process, any later damage, smoking, or cleaning charges may be placed 100% on your ledger.
While You Have the Car
Treat the vehicle like your personal money, license, and reputation are attached to it.
They are.
Authorized Drivers: Only people officially listed on the Enterprise rental agreement may operate the vehicle.
Oil Changes: Go to any Jiffy Lube and tell them it is an Enterprise vehicle.
Roadside Assistance: Enterprise roadside assistance is included with every rental.
Swapping Cars: If there is a legitimate problem with the vehicle, you may swap it at the Enterprise location. It must be a non-airport location.
Cleanliness: Keep the vehicle clean. Remove trash, food, and personal belongings regularly.
Smoking: Smoking fees, odor-removal fees, and excessive cleaning charges are 100% your responsibility.
Following the pickup and return process gives us the proof needed to dispute incorrect charges.
If you skip the required photos or videos, we may have ZERO way to challenge a charge after the vehicle is returned. BAP will be required to pay what Enterprise charges, and the full amount will be placed on your ledger.
Tolls, Tickets, Fines, and Your Ledger
If the rental is in your name, all tolls, tickets, traffic fines, and related charges will go on your ledger and, where applicable, your driver’s license.
Protect yourself:
• Only you and officially authorized drivers should operate the vehicle.
• If someone else needs to take over the rental, both of you must go to Enterprise together.
• Enterprise must officially transfer the rental into the new driver’s name.
• Never simply hand someone the keys.
• Tolls, tickets, fines, and other charges will continue going to the person whose name remains on the rental.
• If you swap the rental, the $150 one way drop off fee will be added to your ledger and that location will be the new pick up and return location for the person taking over the rental.
The name on the rental receives the charge.
Insurance and Repeat Incidents
Insurance is currently covered under the BAP rental program.
Too many accidents or damage incidents can cause Ballot Access Pros to lose insurance coverage for every vehicle in the program.
One person will never be allowed to destroy a program that helps the entire company.
If you become a repeat offender, you will lose access to the BAP rental program and will be required to secure your own transportation and pay for it without BAP assistance.
You can lose this privilege for the lifetime of your work with Ballot Access Pros.
Damage While You Have the Vehicle
If you get into an accident, damage the vehicle, or discover that someone damaged it while you were away, report it immediately.
Tag Isaac or Bianca inside your private management chat and explain exactly what happened.
Include:
• What happened
• The date and time
• The location
• Photos or videos of the damage
• The names of anyone involved
• Any police or Enterprise information available
The damage must be documented immediately.
Waiting until the vehicle is returned gives us ZERO opportunity to help you, document the situation correctly, or dispute an inaccurate charge.
Accidents happen.
Hiding them creates consequences.
In Case of an Accident
If you get into an accident, handle the situation like the vehicle belongs to you.
1. Stop immediately and make sure everyone is safe.
2. Call the police.
3. Request medical assistance if you or someone else is injured.
4. Obtain an official police report.
5. Exchange identification, insurance, vehicle, and contact information with everyone involved.
6. Save the police report number and the responding officer’s information.
7. Contact Enterprise roadside assistance and explain what happened. (road side assistance and insurance is included and covered with these rentals.)
8. After completing these steps, post the complete situation inside your private management chat and tag Isaac or Bianca.
Follow all instructions given by law enforcement, medical personnel, and Enterprise.
DUI, Reckless Driving, and Serious Violations
If you are arrested or receive a ticket for DUI, reckless driving, or another serious traffic violation, you will be removed from the BAP rental program.
ZERO tolerance.
You are responsible for your actions.
These choices create danger for the public, the team, the company, and everyone who depends on the rental program.
You will be responsible for securing and paying for your own transportation moving forward.
Choosing Your Return Location
You may return the vehicle to any Enterprise location in the country.
Returning the vehicle to a different location from where you picked it up creates a flat $150 one-way fee.
Returning the vehicle to the same Enterprise location creates zero additional return fee.
For some people, it may be cheaper to rent a vehicle near home and drive to the project. This can save money on flights.
Remember to include the $150 one-way return fee when you plan to return the vehicle somewhere else, unless you drive it back home and return to the same location.
Before You Return the Vehicle
Complete this process before officially returning the keys:
1. Clean the vehicle completely.
2. Remove all trash, food, and personal belongings.
3. Remove every petition, signature, and piece of voter information.
4. Check the trunk, glove box, center console, and underneath every seat.
5. Return the vehicle with a full tank of gas.
6. Record a slow walkaround video of the complete exterior.
7. Record a complete video of the interior.
8. Clearly show that the vehicle is clean and free from new damage.
9. Send the videos inside your private management chat.
10. Return the keys only after the documentation is complete.
11. Make sure to include a full tank of gas in the video.
Enterprise may charge approximately $11 per gallon when a vehicle is returned without a full tank.
Fill the tank yourself.
Your return videos prove the condition of the vehicle when you gave it back.
Without those videos, you lose the evidence needed to dispute later damage, smoking, or cleaning charges.
Permission Beats Forgiveness
People often believe asking for forgiveness after the fact is better than asking for permission.
That approach will destroy your future with Ballot Access Pros.
If you hide an accident, damage, ticket, unauthorized driver, or any other violation of the Rental Car Agreement and tell us after the fact, you show leadership that you cannot be trusted.
Hiding a mistake turns an accident into an integrity problem.
We work with elections, legal petition documents, voter information, and client trust. Integrity is required.
If you hide information or lie about an incident, BAP will terminate your Independent Contractor Agreement and you will need to find a new career path.
If you make a mistake and tell us immediately, we will help you in every reasonable way we can.
Your chances of remaining with Ballot Access Pros are significantly higher when you communicate honestly and allow us to help solve the problem.
Integrity First.
When you break trust, you lose the opportunity to be a part of this organization.
Protect the Program
The BAP rental program exists to help you save money, reduce your upfront expenses, and get to work.
Use it responsibly.
Document everything.
Communicate immediately.
Drive safely.
Return the vehicle in excellent condition.
Treat the rental car like gold and the program will continue helping you make money.
Abuse it and you will be figuring out transportation on your own.
Questions belong inside your private management chat. Tag your manager or the operations team.
Airbnb and Company Housing Etiquette
The Reason You Pay $55 to $65 Per Night Instead of $100 to $150 Plus
Company housing is one of the biggest perks Ballot Access Pros provides. It is also one of the easiest privileges to lose.
We book crew housing through Airbnb, private property management companies, and hotels. Ballot Access Pros currently has a perfect 5.0-star Airbnb rating across more than 106 reviews and 194 trips.
That rating is why we can secure high-end houses for the price of a cheap motel.
One bad review can damage that rating. One destroyed house can create thousands of dollars in fees or get Ballot Access Pros removed from the platform permanently.
If you are responsible for our rating dropping, major damage charges, or losing access to a property, you will be removed from company housing immediately and will pay full-price hotel rates for the lifetime of your contract with Ballot Access Pros.
ZERO exceptions.
How you act inside company housing reflects the same standards you bring to the petition table.
How you do one thing is how you do everything.
Damages and Your Independent Contractor Agreement
Your Independent Contractor Agreement explains your responsibility for housing damages.
Damage charges from a host will be divided evenly among everyone assigned to the house unless photos, videos, messages, or signed statements clearly identify the person responsible.
When the responsible person is identified, 100% of the charge will be placed on that person’s ledger.
Hosts and cleaning crews often report damage after checkout. When we have no proof that the damage existed before we arrived, Ballot Access Pros pays the charge, and the charge is handled according to your Independent Contractor Agreement.
The arrival and checkout videos protect you, your housemates, and the company.
When You Are Added to a New House
You will be added to a Signal group named after the house.
Example: Desert Airbnb 3 - Rebecca Dr.
Everyone assigned to the property will be inside that chat.
Airbnb Bookings
A Join Trip link will be pinned inside the house chat.
→ Open the house chat → Tap the house chat name → Tap More → Tap Join Trip → Accept the invitation
You must have the Airbnb app installed and an active Airbnb account.
No app means you cannot join the trip, access important information, or help the team communicate with the booking.
Download the app before you arrive.
Private Property Management Houses
All important information will be placed at the top of the Signal chat description or inside the first message. This includes address, door code, Wi-Fi information, parking instructions, property rules, and checkout requirements.
Scroll to the top and read the complete message before asking questions.
First Person to Arrive = House Inspector
This is mandatory.
The first person who walks into the house owns the inspection.
Turn on every light and record a slow, narrated walkthrough video of the entire property.
Record every bedroom, every bathroom, walls, floors, furniture, appliances, kitchen, common areas, doors and windows, and any existing stains, marks, or damage.
When everything looks perfect, record one clean video proving the condition of the house. When you find damage, point it out clearly in the video and take close-up photos.
Immediately post the video and photos inside the house Signal chat and tag Isaac.
Skipping the inspection or completing it poorly leaves us without proof. Any later charge connected to undocumented damage may fall on everyone in the house or you personally.
Room Selection
Room selection is handled by the people assigned to the house.
Be adults and work it out.
Couples usually receive the master bedroom because they are sharing one bed. Top performers receive first choice of the remaining rooms.
When you rush to the property to claim a room, congratulations. You are also the first person inside and now responsible for completing the entire damage walkthrough.
Choose wisely.
House Rules: Zero Tolerance
Hygiene: Shower daily and wash your clothes. Keep dirty or foul-smelling gear outside of shared living spaces.
Bathrooms: Shared bathrooms are sacred. Wipe the toilet seat. Sit down at night to avoid splashing. Clean up hair, makeup, toothpaste, and water. Hang your towels in your room instead of leaving them on the floor.
Kitchen: Leave zero dishes in the sink. Wash everything you use before you eat or immediately after you finish. Leave nothing for the next person.
Common Areas: Pick up after yourself immediately. Leave every space cleaner than you found it.
Quiet Hours: Quiet hours are from 10:00 p.m. until 6:30 a.m. Respect the people who are sleeping and preparing to work. Repeated violations will result in you being kicked out of BAP assisted housing.
Drinking: Drinking is allowed after work. Stay respectful, stay under control, and make sure your choices never become someone else’s problem.
Smoking: Under zero circumstances is smoking permitted inside the Airbnb or hotels, if you are caught you will be immediately kicked out of BAP assisted housing. Even if you bring in your cigarette butts or any other substances in the house, it will cause the home to smell like smoke and this can result in a smoking charge from the host or the property.
Marajuana Policy: If marjuana is legal in the state, keep this in a locked box and out of the house, use this only outside because this will cause the house to smell. Be respectful of the people in your house.
Side note: Ballot Access Pros do not condone the use of Marajuana or any illegal substance, even if it is legal in the state, it will hinder you and everyone around you. You are a 1099 contractor and you are responsible for your actions. BAP assisted housing rejects the use of marajuana or illegal substances in housing.
Petition Security: Keep completed petitions and signatures secured inside your locked room or locked vehicle. Anyone caught stealing petitions will be terminated and blacklisted immediately.
Something Breaks: Report it immediately inside the house chat. Include a photo or video and tag leadership. Waiting until checkout gives us zero opportunity to fix the issue and protect the Airbnb rating. Honesty gives us time to solve the problem. Accidents happen. Hiding them creates consequences.
Housemate Problems: Bring the issue to your private management chat. The tired phrase “snitches get stitches” is the opposite of the Ballot Access Pros way. We communicate early. We set boundaries. We solve problems before they grow. Tell us when you are experiencing problems inside a house or hotel. Leadership will help enforce reasonable boundaries fairly.
Even if a roommate breaks something, please notify us immediately, even if you think you are helping them by not reporting this. We need time to make sure we get this fixed before checkout dates.
Act Like a Professional: We are not your parents. Act like the high-earning independent contractor you are.
Ballot Access Pros is not required to arrange your housing. Housing is ultimately your responsibility as an independent contractor. We provide support because it makes your life easier and helps the team succeed.
When you become a repeated housing problem, you will become responsible for handling your own lodging and paying the full cost yourself upfront.
Dealing With the Airbnb Host
Handle minor problems yourself. One spider, slow Wi-Fi, or a small inconvenience does not require contacting the host.
Contact the host for legitimate property issues and remain polite and professional every time.
Never:
• Open an Airbnb support claim without approval
• Demand a refund
• Threaten the host
• Argue with the host
• Leave a negative review
• Make promises on behalf of Ballot Access Pros
Contact Isaac before taking any action that could affect the reservation, refund, review, or company account.
A single unnecessary complaint can damage our rating and affect housing for everyone.
Checkout: Everyone Cleans
Extra cleaning fees will be divided across the appropriate ledgers according to the Independent Contractor Agreement.
Clean like your money depends on it, because it does.
Before leaving:
• Take all trash outside
• Place towels and sheets in the laundry room
• Wash every dish
• Run the dishwasher correctly
• Empty the refrigerator completely
• Clean floors, counters, and shared surfaces
• Return furniture to its original position
• Log out of all streaming accounts
• Turn off the lights
• Adjust or turn off the thermostat as instructed
• Remove every personal belonging
• Double-check for petitions, signatures, or voter information
• Complete every host checkout instruction
• Go above and beyond with the cleaning
Bad reviews can remove Ballot Access Pros from the platform. Every person in the house is responsible for protecting the account.
Last Person Out = Final Video Inspector
This is mandatory.
The final person leaving the property must record a complete walkthrough proving that the house is clean, empty, secured, and ready for the host.
Show every bedroom, every bathroom, common areas, floors and counters, inside the refrigerator, inside the dishwasher, the laundry area, lights turned off, doors locked, and all personal and company property removed.
Post the complete video inside the house Signal chat and tag Isacc.
This video protects Ballot Access Pros and everyone assigned to the house from false cleaning or damage claims. We have won many battles with Airbnb hosts because of the excellent documentation process.
Skipping the final inspection removes that protection. Charges connected to an incomplete or missing checkout video may fall on the final person assigned to complete it.
Protect the Privilege
Follow these rules and we can continue securing high-end housing for approximately $55 to $65 per night instead of paying $100 to $150 or more for individual hotel rooms.
Break these rules and you will be responsible for finding and paying for your own accommodations.
Treat every house as if your personal name, money, and reputation are attached to it.
Company housing is a privilege, not a right. Treat it like the golden ticket it is.
Contractor Code of Conduct & Key Standards Summary
This page summarizes the most important project-access standards. It does not replace your Independent Contractor Agreement, any Project Addendum, the full Contractor Code of Conduct, or applicable legal, election-office, and client requirements.
If this summary conflicts with a controlling legal or contractual requirement, the controlling requirement applies.
1. You Are an Independent Contractor
You choose whether to accept a project. You control the lawful manner, means, schedule, and methods of your work. You remain responsible for meeting every legal, client, and project requirement.
2. Follow Required Standards
Comply with all laws, election rules, client requirements, compliance briefings, accepted-work standards, safety rules, confidentiality obligations, chain-of-custody procedures, audit requirements, and turn-in deadlines.
Recommended schedules, coaching, and production techniques are optional unless a written Project Addendum makes them mandatory.
3. Protect Your Credentials
Every person performing regulated work must be separately approved, contracted, and authorized.
Never allow another person to use your login, account, device, affidavit, or credentials. Claim only the work you personally perform.
4. Submit Only Genuine and Accurate Work
Never fabricate, spoof, falsify, alter, or misrepresent any voter contact, signature, survey, location, time record, or other project information.
Report material mistakes immediately and cooperate fully with authorized audits.
5. Protect Confidential Information and Property
Use BAP and client information, materials, systems, voter data, and intellectual property only for authorized project work.
Do not copy, retain, disclose, distribute, or use protected information or property for any other person or business. Return or delete materials when directed.
6. Maintain Safe and Respectful Conduct
ZERO tolerance for harassment, discrimination, retaliation, threats, violence, stalking, intimidation, impairment, illegal drug activity, or other serious misconduct connected to a BAP project or resource.
7. Report Serious Concerns Truthfully
Report fraud, threats, harassment, retaliation, safety hazards, election-law violations, data exposure, or loss of project materials immediately.
Nothing in the Code prevents truthful reports to election authorities, law enforcement, or other legally protected channels.
8. Understand the Consequences
Serious misconduct may result in immediate restriction of access, removal from a project, denial of future opportunities, or termination of a Project Addendum or ICA.
Production never purchases permission to break trust.
9. Read the Complete Code
This summary highlights key responsibilities. It does not list every requirement. Review the complete Contractor Code of Conduct, your ICA, and every applicable Project Addendum before performing services.
Contractor Acknowledgment
My acceptance of a project confirms that I received access to the complete governing documents and agree to comply with the requirements applicable to that project.
The BAP Performance System
Mindset, Purpose, and Making the Most of the Opportunity
Thank you for taking the time to read this far.
You now understand the standards that protect Ballot Access Pros, the client, the voter, the team, and your opportunity. The Code of Conduct protects the opportunity.
This next section teaches you how to maximize it.
We are about to move into one of my favorite parts of this Contractor Welcome Packet: mindset, purpose, discipline, and how to get the most out of yourself.
The systems in this section are Proven BAP Methods built through years of field experience, coaching, success, failure, and constant improvement. They are optional tools designed to help you define what you want, build a plan, stay strong when the day gets hard, and make the most of every project.
Use them. Test them. Make them your own. Mindset directs the work. Discipline completes it.
Now let us build the reason behind your effort.
Build Your Mission
Create an Outcome Strong Enough to Pull You Forward
PROVEN BAP METHOD
This system is built from common outcome-setting principles used in NLP and the way we have applied them through years of coaching people in the field.
Most people begin a project with a vague statement:
“I want to make good money.”
That is a desire.
A mission gives that desire a specific number, a purpose, a deadline, measurable evidence, and a plan.
Before the project begins, decide what you want this opportunity to create in your life.
1. State What You Want
Your mind needs a destination.
State your outcome as something you want to create.
Turn:
“I do not want to be broke when this project ends.”
Into:
“I will leave this project with $20,000 after projected project expenses. I will use $8,000 to pay off debt, place $7,000 into savings, and use $5,000 to start my business.”
Ask yourself:
What specifically do I want this project to create?
Use a real number.
Give the money a job.
Connect the outcome to something that matters.
2. Tell the Truth About Where You Are
Every useful map needs an accurate starting point.
Ask yourself:
• Where am I financially right now?
• What skills do I already have?
• What habits are helping me?
• What habits are slowing me down?
• What has prevented me from reaching this outcome already?
• What belief, habit, skill, resource, or decision needs to change?
Answer honestly.
Zero shame.
Zero excuses.
Accuracy gives you a starting point you can actually use.
3. Create the Future Picture
Picture the final day of the project.
First, see yourself from the outside as if you are watching a movie of your success.
See the entire picture.
Where are you?
Who is with you?
What have you accomplished?
Then step inside the picture and experience it as if it is happening now.
What do you see?
What do you hear?
What do you feel?
What does your bank account show?
What debt has been paid?
What conversation are you having with your family?
What becomes possible because you followed through?
How do you carry yourself after proving that you can accomplish something difficult?
Make the picture specific, compelling, and connected to an actual date.
The clearer the destination becomes, the easier it becomes to recognize the actions that move you toward it.
4. Define the Evidence
Feelings matter, and your outcome needs proof.
Ask yourself:
How will I know when I have achieved my mission?
Your evidence may include:
• A specific amount of money earned
• A specific amount placed into savings
• A debt balance reaching zero
• A business account being funded
• A production goal being reached
• A new skill being developed
• A leadership opportunity being earned
• A completed project with excellent quality and integrity
“I worked hard” is subjective.
“I completed the project with $20,000, paid off $8,000 in debt, and placed $7,000 into savings” is measurable.
Define the evidence before the project begins.
5. Give the Outcome a Purpose
Money becomes more powerful when it has a mission.
Ask yourself:
For what purpose do I want this outcome?
Then go deeper.
What will that give me?
What will that allow me to do?
Why does that matter?
Who benefits when I accomplish it?
What problem does it solve?
What future does it help me create?
What will accomplishing it prove to me about myself?
For example:
“I want to make $20,000.”
For what purpose?
“I want to pay off debt.”
What will paying off the debt give you?
“It will remove the pressure I feel every month.”
What will that allow you to do?
“It will allow me to make decisions from a position of strength instead of fear.”
Now the goal has emotional weight.
Your reason needs to matter more than the temporary comfort you will be asked to sacrifice.
6. Build the Mission Around What You Control
Some results are influenced by weather, turf, voters, clients, timing, and other people.
Your actions remain yours.
You control:
• Your preparation
• Your practice
• Your attitude
• The schedule you choose
• The effort you give
• Your pace
• Your communication
• The accuracy of your work
• How quickly you apply feedback
• How you respond to a difficult hour
• How well you recover and prepare for the next day
Winning the top-producer bonus may depend partly on what everyone else produces.
Giving the project your complete and honest effort depends on you.
Build your mission around actions you can initiate, maintain, and control.
7. Identify the Context and Resources
A strong mission includes where, when, how, and with whom it will happen.
Ask yourself:
• When does my mission begin?
• What date will I complete it?
• Where will I perform the work?
• What schedule will give me the best chance to succeed?
• What resources do I already have?
• What resources do I still need?
• What skill must I improve?
• Who can support me?
• Who has already accomplished a similar result?
• What can I learn from that person?
• When have I completed something difficult before?
• What did I do then that I can use now?
Then ask:
What would the version of me who already accomplished this mission do today?
How would that person prepare?
How would that person respond to rejection?
How would that person spend their free time?
How would that person speak to themselves on a difficult day?
Act like that person before the final result arrives.
8. Complete the Full Outcome Check
Every outcome creates changes.
Some changes are obvious. Others become clear when you ask better questions.
What will happen when I achieve this?
What money, freedom, confidence, experience, or opportunity will I gain?
What will stop happening when I achieve this?
What debt, stress, uncertainty, dependence, or negative pattern will end?
What will continue happening if I fail to act?
What financial pressure, habits, frustration, or limitation will remain?
What opportunity will never arrive if I stay the same?
What business remains unfunded?
What debt remains unpaid?
What trip never happens?
What version of me never gets built?
Then ask:
• What will I gain by pursuing this?
• What could I lose?
• Is the temporary sacrifice worth the result?
• Does this mission align with my values?
• Does the way I plan to achieve it protect my health, safety, relationships, and integrity?
• Am I willing to accept the responsibilities that come with succeeding?
A mission that requires you to abandon your integrity is the wrong mission.
A mission that requires discipline, better habits, temporary sacrifice, and uncomfortable growth may be exactly the right one.
9. Decide What You Are Willing to Give Up
Every meaningful outcome has a price.
Your price may include:
Sleeping in Doomscrolling Social media
Partying Unnecessary spending Poor preparation
Bad habits Temporary comfort Wasted time
Excuses Negative people
Decide what you are willing to give up before the difficult day arrives.
When the sacrifice is chosen in advance, it becomes part of the plan.
When the sacrifice appears unexpectedly, it feels like a reason to quit.
You can do something difficult for the length of a project when the outcome matters enough.
10. Take the First Action
A goal becomes real when action begins.
Ask yourself:
What is the first action I will complete within the next 24 hours?
Your first action may be:
• Writing down your financial target • Building a budget
• Deleting a distracting app • Changing your sleep schedule
• Preparing your meals • Speaking with your family
• Practicing your script • Setting up your equipment
• Reviewing project materials • Asking a successful contractor for advice
Make the action specific → Give it a deadline →Complete it.
Write Your Mission
My mission for this project is:
I will know I achieved it when:
This matters to me because:
The actions I control are:
The resources I already have are:
The resources I still need are:
For the length of this project, I am willing to give up:
My first action is:
I will complete that action by:
A vague goal creates vague effort.
A clear mission gives every difficult day a reason.
Define what you want → Give it a purpose → Decide what you are willing to sacrifice.
Then build your actions around making it real.
The Daily Game Plan
Take Control Before the Day Begins
Your mission tells you where you want to go.
Your Daily Game Plan determines what you will do today to get there. This will help you become hyper focused on your mission and give your day purpose.
Top producers create their state before the world begins pulling at their attention. They wake up with purpose, connect with their mission, plan their actions, and enter the field mentally and physically prepared.
At first, this process may feel like work because it is different from how you have prepared in the past. Through repetition, the questions will become more natural and your mind will begin organizing the day automatically. Continue writing the plan while building the habit, whenever your focus slips, and during any project where the outcome matters enough to demand your best.
The system in this section is inspired by principles from The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod and rebuilt through years of BAP field experience.
It is designed to help you:
• Begin the day with a clear mind
• Connect your daily effort to your larger mission
• Build confidence before entering the field
• Prepare your body for the work
• Learn something every day
• Turn your goals into scheduled actions
This is a Proven BAP Method. You choose whether to use it. → Your preparation is your choice. → Your results will reflect that choice.
The 30-Minute BAP Morning Game Plan
Set aside 30 minutes, Complete this routine before giving your attention to social media, doomscrolling, unnecessary conversations, and other people’s problems. After completing your game plan, check the official Announcement Chat for any required project updates.
1. Get Quiet: 3 Minutes
Begin with silence.
Sit still. Breathe deeply. Pray, meditate, or practice gratitude.
The purpose is to choose your mental and emotional state before the day chooses it for you.
Ask yourself:
What state will help me perform at my best today?
Do you need to feel:
• Focused? • Confident? • Patient? • Hungry? • Calm? • Disciplined? • Energetic? • Grateful?
Choose the state you need.
Breathe slowly and allow yourself to enter that state. You are preparing your mind for the day ahead.
2. Read Your Mission and Commitments: 4 Minutes
Read the mission you created in the previous section.
Remind yourself:
• What you want • Why you want it • What achieving it will change • What you are willing to sacrifice • Who you are becoming through the process
Then read or say an action-based commitment.
Use this format:
I am committed to __________________ because __________________.
Today I will __________________ at __________________.
When __________________ happens, I will respond by __________________.
For example:
I am committed to leaving this project with $20,000 because I am paying off my debt, creating breathing room, and proving that I can follow through.
Today I will reach my daily production goal by beginning on time, maintaining my pace, and returning from lunch exactly when I planned.
When I experience rejection or a slow hour, I will reset, review my mission, and take the next productive action.
An affirmation is strongest when it becomes a commitment to specific behavior.
You are telling your mind:
This is what matters. This is what I will do. This is how I will respond.
3. Rehearse the Day: 3 Minutes
Close your eyes and mentally rehearse yourself performing at your best.
See yourself:
• Arriving prepared • Reaching the first door on time • Walking with purpose
• Delivering the message confidently • Listening to the voter • Recording accurate information
• Maintaining a strong pace • Handling rejection professionally • Resetting after a difficult interaction
• Finishing the day with integrity • Reaching the result you planned
Visualize the work, not only the reward. See the difficult moment too.
Picture yourself becoming tired, frustrated, rejected, or tempted to stop early.
Then watch yourself make the stronger choice.
See yourself take a breath, correct your state, remember your mission, and return to work.
You are mentally rehearsing the person you intend to become before the day gives you the opportunity to prove it.
4. Move Your Body: 5 Minutes
Wake up your body.
Choose something simple:
• Push-ups • Squats • Jumping jacks • Stretching • Mobility exercises • A brisk walk
• Shadowboxing • A short bodyweight circuit
The goal is to create energy, increase your alertness, and prepare your body to move.
This does not need to become a complete workout.
Five focused minutes can change the physical state you carry into the field.
Move with intensity → Wake yourself up → Enter the day ready.
5. Learn One Thing: 5 Minutes
Read or review something that makes you better.
You may use:
• The Contractor Welcome Packet • The Training Library • A project-specific video
• A book • Notes from a previous training • Feedback from a leader or experienced contractor
• A section of the approved script • A skill you are currently developing
Five minutes of intentional learning every day compounds.
Ask yourself:
What is one idea I can apply today?
Reading without application creates information.
Reading followed by action creates growth.
Choose one lesson and use it in the field.
6. Write Your Daily Game Plan: 10 Minutes
Your campaign mission may cover several weeks or months.
Your Daily Game Plan turns that larger mission into the actions required today.
Every morning, answer four questions.
The 4 Questions
1. What Is My Goal for the Day?
Choose one clear and measurable result.
Examples:
• Complete my chosen production target
• Improve my average doors per hour
• Begin at my first door by a specific time
• Work the full schedule I selected
• Improve my script delivery
• Complete accurate data at every door
• Apply one piece of coaching throughout the day
• Finish the day ahead of my weekly pace
Your goal should be specific enough that you can clearly determine whether you achieved it.
“I want to have a good day” is vague.
“I will complete 200 doors with accurate data and integrity” is measurable.
Choose a result you can track.
2. For What Reason Is That My Goal?
Connect today’s number to your larger mission.
Ask yourself:
• How does this goal move me toward my campaign goal?
• What does achieving this today make possible?
• Who benefits from my effort?
• What happens when I repeat this result throughout the project?
• Why does this matter enough for me to follow through?
For example:
My goal is 200 doors because that production keeps me on pace to earn $20,000 during this project. That money allows me to pay off debt, build savings, and finish the campaign from a position of strength.
A number connected to a purpose creates motivation.
A purpose connected to daily action creates progress.
3. What Actions Will I Take to Hit My Goal?
Identify the behaviors that create the result.
Focus on actions you control.
Examples:
• Prepare my food before leaving • Charge my phone and portable battery
• Reach my area before my chosen start time • Maintain my target pace • Keep lunch short and planned
• Request a new area before running out • Check my production at specific times
• Apply coaching immediately • Reset quickly after rejection • Communicate problems early
• Complete accurate data at every door • Finish the final hour with the same intensity as the first
Goals tell you what you want. → Actions determine whether you earn it.
“The only difference between a goal and a dream is a deadline.” — Napoleon Hill
4. When Will I Take Those Actions?
Put each important action on the clock → A task without a time becomes something you intend to do later.
“I’ll do this later” has been the main theme of most unsuccessful dreams.
Write down when you will: Give specific times to this, exactly when you plan on completing each action.
• Wake up
• Complete your Daily Game Plan
• Attend an optional performance meeting
• Review project announcements
• Arrive in your area
• Reach your first door
• Check your pace
• Eat lunch
• Return to the field
• Request additional area
• Complete your final production check
• Sync and review your work
• Prepare for tomorrow
• Go to sleep
Your plan should tell you what happens and when it happens. → The fourth question turns intention into a schedule.
Example Daily Game Plan
What is my goal for the day?
Knock 200 doors and finish the full schedule I selected.
For what reason is that my goal?
Knocking 200 doors keeps me on pace to hit my project goal. That money will allow me to pay off debt and build savings.
What actions will I take to hit my goal?
I will prepare my lunch, charge my equipment, review my goals, build my daily plan, arrive early, maintain my required pace, check my numbers throughout the day, request another area before I run out, communicate problems early, and reset immediately after difficult interactions.
When will I take those actions?
6:00am: Wake up
6:15am to 7:00am: Shower, get dressed, pack lunch, and prepare
7:15am to 7:45am: Get Quiet, Read my mission and commitments, rehearse the day, move my body, learn one thing, write my daily game plan, predecide my response
8:00am: Morning meeting (optional AND highly recommended)
9:00am: First door
1:00pm: Quick lunch and reset
1:30pm or 2:00pm: Back on doors
9:00pm: Finish the field day
10:30pm: Lights out - in bed
Now the goal has a purpose. → The purpose has actions. → The actions have times.
That is a game plan.
Predecide Your Response
Before leaving, identify the challenge most likely to test you today.
Maybe it is:
• Sleeping in • Starting late • Rejection • A slow area • Bad weather • Fatigue • Hunger
• Frustration • Social media • A negative teammate • The desire to stop early
Then choose your response in advance.
Complete this statement:
When __________________ happens today, I will __________________.
Examples:
When I have a slow hour, I will review my pace, make one adjustment, and continue working.
When I feel rejected, I will remind myself that the next door is a completely new opportunity.
When I want to stop early, I will read my mission and complete the schedule I chose.
When I become frustrated, I will take three controlled breaths and focus on the next productive action.
The difficult moment loses power when you have already decided how you will respond.
The 6-Minute Morning Reset
Some mornings will move faster than planned.
Use the six-minute version and keep the habit alive.
Minute 1: Get Quiet
Breathe, pray, meditate, or practice gratitude.
Minute 2: Read Your Mission
Reconnect with what you want and why it matters.
Minute 3: Visualize
See yourself completing the most important actions of the day.
Minute 4: Move
Stretch, perform jumping jacks, do squats, or move your body with intensity.
Minute 5: Learn
Read one page, one paragraph, one training note, or one important project instruction.
Minute 6: Answer the 4 Questions
Write the shortest clear answer to each question:
1. What is my goal?
2. For what reason is that my goal?
3. What actions will I take?
4. When will I take them?
Six focused minutes can prepare you better than entering the field with zero plan.
Use the complete routine when possible. → Use the shortened routine when needed.
Keep the habit.
Decide Before the Day Begins
Your campaign mission is built one day at a time.
Your day is built one decision at a time.
Decide what you want before the distractions arrive.
Set the goal. → Give it a reason. → Choose the actions → Put them on the clock.
Predecide your response to the difficult moment. → Then execute the plan!
If you do this each morning, make this a habit and start thinking like this. You will find your life will start to change, you will achieve your goals, you will find purpose and you will → Control the morning → Direct the day → Make the most of every project!
GOTV Fundamentals and Field Standards
What Is GOTV?
GOTV stands for Get Out The Vote.
GOTV is how campaigns communicate directly with voters, build awareness around their candidate or cause, encourage supporters to participate in the election, and make sure voters understand when and how they can vote.
Our job is simple:
We go door-to-door, speak with voters, provide accurate information, encourage them to participate in the election, collect the information required by the client, and professionally represent the campaign at every door.
Clients spend significant amounts of money building their reputation and communicating their mission to voters.
Every time you knock a door, you become part of that reputation.
Clients expect you to conduct yourself in a professional, courteous, respectful, and informative manner.
One excellent interaction can strengthen someone’s opinion of the campaign.
One terrible interaction can create a voter complaint, bad publicity, damage the client’s reputation, and potentially cost you access to the project.
Act as if the client is standing beside you at every door.
Before getting into the specifics, understand the difference between five parts of the job:
Knocking the Door → Making Contact → Having a Conversation → Collecting Information → Completing the Client’s Desired Action
Each part matters.
1. Knocking the Door
This means exactly what you think. . . You walk to the voter’s front door and knock.
We call this establishing your office. For the next few moments, that doorway becomes your workspace. How you position yourself, what you are doing when the voter answers, and how you carry yourself all affect the interaction.
Best Practices at the Door
1. Knock as soon as you arrive at the door.
2. Stand at approximately a 45-degree angle opposite the door hinge instead of directly in the center of the doorway.
3. Have the voter’s information already loaded on your phone or tablet.
4. Never stare through the door or look into windows while waiting.
5. Stay occupied with your phone or tablet while waiting.
6. When the voter opens the door, slowly look up.
7. Smile and greet them.
8. Use the approved approach for the specific project.
9. If there is no answer, wait approximately 10 seconds and knock again.
10. Wait another 10 seconds and ring the doorbell when appropriate.
11. Give the voter approximately 30 additional seconds to respond.
12. If there is still no response, leave approved literature, commonly called lit, when the project requires it.
13. Mark the home accurately, such as Not Home.
14. Move immediately to the next eligible house on your list.
Different projects may provide different knocking, literature, access, or disposition instructions.
Always follow the project-specific standard when it differs from this general process.
2. Making Contact
The moment the voter opens the door, the interaction begins.
Slowly look up.
Smile.
Make comfortable eye contact.
Speak clearly.
Be confident.
Introduce yourself.
First impressions matter, and you usually have only a few seconds to establish that you are professional, friendly, and worth listening to.
One approach we have found works extremely well is:
“Hello, my name is __________. Don’t worry, I am not here to sell you anything. I see that you are a registered voter. Are you __________? I am here with __________. Are you planning on voting in the upcoming election?”
Another approach might be:
“Hello, I am here with __________. I see that you are a registered voter. Are you __________? My name is __________. Do you plan on voting in the upcoming election?”
The exact opening may change depending on the client.
Some campaigns require specific language. Some campaigns require specific disclosures. Some campaigns give you more flexibility.
Always use the approved project approach.
Whatever approach you use, the principles remain the same:
Be confident.
Speak clearly.
Make eye contact.
Smile.
Know why you are there.
3. Having a Conversation
One of the biggest mistakes new canvassers make is talking at people instead of talking with people. There is a massive difference.
Talking At Someone
Talking at someone means you are simply reciting words.
You have zero personality. You sound robotic. You ask questions without actually caring about the answer.
For example:
“Hey, how are you today?”
Then before the voter can even answer, you immediately start talking again. Why ask the question if you have zero intention of listening to the response?
Another version of talking at someone happens when you sound like you memorized a script without understanding what the words mean.
The voter feels it immediately.
Talking With Someone
Talking with someone is the same thing you already do every day with friends, family, teammates, and other contractors.
You ask a question→ They answer→ You actually listen→Then you respond to what they said.
That creates a real conversation. It sounds natural because it is natural. The script gives you the structure. The conversation gives it life. Listen to the voter. Allow them to finish. Respond to what they actually said.
Then naturally guide the conversation toward the information the client needs. The goal is not to sound like an amazing canvasser.
The goal is to sound like a normal human who knows exactly why they are standing at the door.
4. Collecting Information
Once you make contact and begin the conversation, you will record the voter’s responses inside the project-specific canvassing app.
Different projects will use different apps and different disposition options.
Common examples may include:
• Not Home • Not Voting • Not Supporting Client • Voting Early • Voting on Election Day
• Absentee Ballot • Wrong Person at Address • Voter Moved • Inaccessible • Gated Community
• No Trespassing • Other project-specific responses
A single interaction may require multiple pieces of information.
Accuracy matters.
Never guess what happened. Never select the closest option because you are in a hurry.
Never wait until ten houses later and try to remember what happened.
Record the information while you are speaking with the voter when appropriate or immediately after leaving the door before moving to the next house.
The conversation is not complete until the data accurately reflects what happened. That information is one of the main things the client is paying for.
5. Completing the Client’s Desired Action
Every campaign creates a specific voter universe.
That means the client determines which voters they want us to contact.
Depending on the project, that universe may include:
• Likely supporters • Republican voters • Democratic voters • Independent voters
• Moderate voters • Low-propensity voters • Persuadable voters • Early voters
• Election Day voters • Another specific voter group selected by the client
Only work the voter universe assigned to you.
Our purpose at the door is to accurately represent the campaign and complete the action the client has asked us to complete.
That may include:
• Determining whether someone plans to vote • Determining when they plan to vote
• Identifying their level of support • Providing approved information • Leaving campaign literature
• Providing a QR code • Directing someone to an approved website • Collecting an approved survey
• Encouraging a supporter to participate in the election • Completing another project-specific objective
We are there to provide accurate information and have a real conversation.
Avoid arguing with voters. Avoid inventing information. Avoid making promises for the candidate.
Avoid giving an answer when you do not actually know the answer.
When someone asks:
“Why should I vote for __________?”
That can be an excellent opportunity to provide approved facts about the client, candidate, issue, or campaign.
Each project will provide training on what information you may communicate and how common voter questions should be handled.
When you know the answer, answer confidently.
When you do not know the answer, say so and direct the voter toward an approved source.
Integrity First.
What a Typical Interaction Looks Like
Here is a simple example.
You:
“Hi, my name is __________. I am here on behalf of __________. Don’t worry, I am not here to sell you anything. I see that you are a registered voter. Are you __________?”
Voter:
“Yes, I am. What is this about?”
You:
“I wanted to find out if you plan on voting in the upcoming election and, if so, whether you are planning on supporting __________.”
Voter:
“Yes, I actually am.”
Depending on the client and the information required, the conversation could now go several directions.
You:
“That is great to hear. Do you typically vote on Election Day or do you vote early?”
Voter:
“I vote on Election Day.”
You:
“Awesome. Please make sure you get out and vote this year. Here is some information about __________. You can also scan this QR code and it will take you directly to their website. Thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. I hope you have a wonderful day.”
Then:
Thank the voter→ Step away from the property→Accurately record what happened→Move to the next door.
That is the short and sweet version.
And guess what?
A large percentage of your successful voter interactions will be exactly that simple.
You do not need to make the conversation complicated.
Listen→Be confident→Give accurate information→Collect what the client needs.
Thank the voter and always wish them a great day.
The Standard at Every Door
Remember:
Be Confident.
Know why you are there and believe what you are saying.
Be Professional.
Your behavior represents the client and Ballot Access Pros.
Be Friendly.
People respond better to people they enjoy speaking with.
Be Informative.
Know the approved information and communicate it clearly.
Be Respectful.
Every voter has the right to their own opinion, including an opinion completely different from yours.
You are entering their property and asking for their time.
Treat them accordingly.
Act as if the client is standing right beside you the entire time.
Because every door you knock represents them.
Signal Chat – Campaign Photo Requirements
This section covers one of the most important daily requirements on every GOTV and door-canvassing project: Campaign Photo Requirements.
Clients use photos to verify that real work is happening in the field. Meeting these requirements protects the project, protects the client relationship, and protects your opportunity.
How the Photo Chats Work
Each team will have one or more Signal chats dedicated to campaign photos. The exact chat names will change by project and will usually be based on cities, team names, project areas, or sectors.
You will be told the exact chat names for every project.
The client is often inside these chats.
Treat every message and every photo as if the client is reading it in real time, because they are. All communication must remain professional. A single unprofessional post can result in your removal from the project.
How to Capture Strong Voter Photos
Most of the voters you speak with will be supportive of the candidate or cause. Many will thank you for the work. These positive interactions are the perfect time to capture a photo.
Here are three simple scripts that work extremely well:
Script 1
“Hey, would you mind taking a quick selfie with the door flyer and me? The client loves to see voters who support them and the great conversations we have.”
Script 2
“Hey, we have a competition this week. Whoever gets the most selfies with voters gets a gas card. Would you mind taking a quick selfie holding the door flyer?”
Script 3
“Hey, we love to share photos of supportive voters with the client. Would you mind taking a quick selfie? They love seeing people like you stand with them.”
Most voters will say yes. Some will be shy and only hold the flyer. Both are acceptable.
Make it a habit to ask for a photo on every strong interaction.
When a voter is not available or does not want a photo, a clear photo of the door flyer left at the door is still useful. Continue prioritizing real voter selfies whenever possible.
No Trespassing, Gated, and Inaccessible Properties
You will also encounter No Trespassing signs, gated communities, private communities, locked apartment buildings, and other inaccessible locations.
Never sit outside a gated community or inaccessible area and mark every door.
Doing so is one of the fastest ways to be removed from a project.
When you encounter these situations:
1. Screenshot your map showing the affected area.
2. Circle the affected area using the Signal draw tool.
3. Screenshot one individual pin that shows the address and home.
4. Mark only that single home in the app if needed.
5. Post the screenshots in the No Trespassing / Gated Signal chat.
This process allows the project coordinator to remove the inaccessible doors so the client has accurate information.
How to Post in the Client Photo Chat
Follow these exact steps every time:
1. Take the photo on your phone.
2. Open the correct Signal photo chat for your team or area.
3. Tap the plus (+) button in the bottom left corner.
4. Select the photo.
5. In the message field, type a short professional caption (examples: “Voting for [Candidate],” “Name of voter – plans to vote in person on Election Day,” or a brief accurate note about the conversation).
6. Tap the blue up arrow in the bottom right corner to send.
You have now completed a required client deliverable.
How to Post in the No Trespassing / Gated Chat
1. Take a screenshot of the affected area on your map.
2. Use the Signal draw tool (marker icon) to circle the affected area.
3. Take a second screenshot of the individual address and home you marked.
4. Open the correct No Trespassing / Gated Signal chat.
5. Tap the plus (+) button.
6. Select all necessary photos.
7. Tap the blue up arrow to send.
You have now correctly reported inaccessible doors to the client and the project team.
Why This Matters
Clients require these photos as proof of real field work.
If you are on an hourly structure, consistent photo production is one of the fastest ways to earn weekly pay bumps. Strong door counts and hours without photos will not earn the same recognition.
If you are on door pay, failing to meet photo requirements can result in removal from the project.
Make photo posting a daily habit on every GOTV and canvassing project.
Do the work. Capture the proof. Protect the client relationship. Keep your opportunity.
How to Handle Objections and Rude Voters
For one moment, put yourself in the position of a homeowner.
They get knocked by solar, roofing, pest control, windows, water, donations, and “Hey, we’ve been trying to contact you about your car’s extended warranty.” Homeowners often feel like everyone knocking on their door is there to sell them something. Because of this, they might be upset.
Imagine yourself as the homeowner. A D2D rep might knock on their door three or four times a month, maybe even more depending on the area. It is important to understand their feelings around people knocking on their door.
With that being said, you also have to plow through smokescreens. This section will teach you Proven BAP Methods on how to do just that.
What Is a Smokescreen
Knowing the difference between a smokescreen and a real objection will help you tremendously.
As you learn these rebuttals, practice becoming super smooth with your transitions and delivery. We are not selling anything at the door. We are talking to people about the upcoming election. If you are invited to petition with us, these same principles will help you significantly.
In addition, life is about sales. Everything you do involves it: deciding where you are going to eat with a spouse or friends, what event you want to attend, or selling yourself for a better opportunity. The section below will help you navigate these situations with ease.
Smokescreens
Voters on GOTV and petition projects often use smokescreens to get you off the doorstep quickly so you leave them alone.
Remember that a large percentage of what a person says in the first minute is a habit. They respond automatically. When you knock on someone’s door, they may think you are there to sell them something. When you approach a voter for a signature, they may think you are asking for money.
How many times have you been to the mall and the person at the kiosk walks up intending to sell you something? Your first reaction is “No thank you” or “Not interested.”
To overcome a smokescreen, follow this simple two-step process: Neutralize and transition.
A neutralizing word is simple. It is a word or phrase that acknowledges what the person said and allows you to transition into finishing your approach.
Examples:
• I understand • This is totally different
• Absolutely • Totally agree
• I would expect that • That’s why I’m here
• That’s the best part • I know how you feel
• Exactly • That’s what the neighbors said
• Everyone feels that way • Sure
When you use a neutralizing word or phrase, you can transition back into the approach and move on. A common mistake most representatives make is empowering the smokescreen and treating it like a real objection or concern.
Example: “I’m not interested.”
You knock on a voter's door. They open the door and immediately say, “I’m not interested.”
Most rookie canvassers and petitioners repeat the smokescreen. That gives power to their words.
What you want to do is use a neutralizing word and go right into the approach.
Voter: “I am not interested.” (Begins to close the door.)
• “I understand. I’m here with [Candidate]. I’m not here to sell you anything. I’ll be quick…”
• “Yeah, I would expect that. The reason for the visit is because you are a registered voter and…”
What you just did is steamroll the smokescreen. You acknowledged it, used a neutralizing word, and moved right into your approach. This results in more conversations at scale.
They are expecting you to sell them something. When you go into the fact that they are a voter and you are there because of the election, it breaks their train of thought and gives you a chance to have a real conversation.
Let me be clear: this is not a golden ticket. It will not work 100% of the time. It will work a lot if you do it the right way, especially because this person is more than likely a voter for the candidate you represent.
Example: “I don’t have time” or “I’m busy.”
• “I totally understand. You probably think I’m a solar or pest sales rep. Oh Gawd no. I am here because you are registered to vote and I wanted to know if…”
• “For sure. I am not a sales guy/gal. I see that you are registered to vote and the reason for the visit is…”
Once again, this smokescreen is designed to get you to leave them alone. If you repeat, “Oh, you are busy right now…” you will lose them. They will close the door. When you come back later, they will avoid you.
Example: “You’re the fifth guy at my door.”
• “Yeah, they typically send out the better-looking ones first. Sorry you got me. Anyway, I am here because you are a registered voter and…”
• “I understand. You probably think I am here to sell you something. Nope. Not the case. I am here because I see that you are a registered voter and…”
By now you see the common theme. We never repeat or empower what they say, especially when they use a dismissive smokescreen like the examples above.
When you repeat what they say, it allows them to validate their point and close the door on you super fast.
When you hear a smokescreen: neutralize it, avoid repeating it, and push through with your approach. Super simple.
Rude Voters
Sometimes you will run into a Karen or Kent at the door. This is someone who is super rude, aggressive, and dealing with something in their life.
It is extremely vital that you ALWAYS avoid engaging further with these people.
Two common mistakes happen with rookie canvassers and petitioners:
1. You choose conflict. You match their negativity and disrespect with more negativity and disrespect.
2. You waste valuable time trying to change this person’s mind or explain your reason for being there.
Example: The voter comes to the door and says, “Get the [swear word] off my property. I am not interested in anything you are doing. Leave now.”
Here is exactly what you do. You have two options.
Option A:
Argue with the voter, be rude back or say something sly under your breath. .
Option B:
Turn around, say nothing, leave, and avoid looking back or tell them to have a blessed day and walk away, say nothing and avoid looking back.
Option B→ avoids all conflict and reduces the chance they keep engaging you.
The common rookie mistake is to treat this like a smokescreen. They use a neutralizing word, push through the approach, and do it with a smile. Veteran D2D sales reps, canvassers, and petitioners usually choose Option B because they already know where that conversation leads.
What Happens When You Stay and Engage
Voter: “Get the [swear word] off my property. I’m not interested in anything you’re doing.”
Canvasser: “I understand. I am not a sales guy/gal. I see that you are registered to vote and the reason for the visit is to see if you plan on voting for [Candidate] in the upcoming election.”
Voter: “Did you not hear me? Get the [swear word] off my property now before I call the cops. You’re not supposed to be soliciting in this neighborhood. I’m the HOA president. We don’t allow soliciting here.”
Canvasser: “I get that. I am not soliciting. We have a First Amendment right to be here. I am here with [Candidate] to see if you plan to vote in the next election.”
Voter: “Are you stupid? That’s soliciting. Who did you say you’re with?”
Canvasser: “I am here with [Candidate], and you do not have to be so rude. I am not stupid, and what I am doing is not soliciting. I have a right to be here.”
Then they turn around, walk away, and engage in the back-and-forth insults and verbal aggression that will 100% take place. The voter follows them, harasses them, films them, and calls the cops.
We promise you it is not worth the wasted time, the negativity, or the possible article written by an opposing campaign. This will ruin your day, put you in a bad mood for most of the rest of it, and it can lead to you being removed from the project.
A voter will come out hot just like this during the project. Remember Option B is always the best option.
Why Veterans Still Walk Away
Some people might stay and engage. That same situation can play out well or the exact same way.
Even if the conversation seems like it might improve, it can still turn bad.
Bad outcome:
The voter calls the campaign, reports you as intrusive and disrespectful, and claims you harassed them. They post the interaction on Facebook. The opponent catches wind of it and writes a negative article about the client.
Good outcome:
The voter apologizes, says they came out hot because so many people knock trying to sell them something, and even offers you a bottle of water.
The chances of a good outcome are slim. Veterans can sometimes pull it off because they have dealt with it time and time again. You never know when someone is having a bad day. You just disrupted whatever they were doing, and they took it out on you.
Even for veterans, this conversation is more than likely going to turn out badly. They walk away because the risk is simply not worth the reward.
Knowing your rights gives you confidence. Knowing when exercising or arguing those rights creates unnecessary risk.
How to Report a Bad Situation
If a voter comes out hot and you choose Option B, mark the home accurately and keep it pushing.
Most of the time the disposition will be something like “refused survey.” Some apps have notes. Some do not.
If the app has notes, write a short summary. Example: “Voter came out very rude, told me to get the F off their property and leave now. I said sorry to bother you, have a blessed day, and walked away.”
If the app does not have notes, put it in your private contractor communication chat. Explain the situation quickly, tag your project coordinator, and move to the next house.
If the situation escalates:
You choose Option B and walk away. The voter follows you and starts recording you while yelling. Walk to your car, get in, and leave that neighborhood.
Report this in your private contractor communication chat. Explain the situation truthfully. Take a few moments to gather yourself with some deep breaths. Go to a different part of your walkbook or hood and avoid that voter’s house. Give them a few hours to cool off before you knock doors in the surrounding area.
Your project coordinator will support you if you need someone to talk to.
Avoid posting this in the client photo chat or the team social chat. This type of interaction belongs in your private contractor communication chat only. Negativity spreads like wildfire, your words can affect someone's perception of their area, even if they are having a great day, they might think, what just happened to you will happen to them. AVOID, posting bad interactions in the group chats!
The above situation will very rarely happen. For the most part, if a voter comes out hot and you wish them a blessed or great day and walk away, the entire interaction is over.
The large majority of interactions will be pleasant or the voter simply will not be home. The small remaining percentage can ruin your project run if you engage and escalate. Always de-escalate by choosing Option B.
A Story From the Owner
It was my third year of D2D sales, selling pest control. I found a lot of success in this industry at one of the largest pest control companies in the nation. I was trained well by leaders who had a lot of experience.
I was always coached to push through the negative people. Keep pushing until they either bought or slammed the door in my face. Get three to five hard no’s before you walk away, because everyone can be sold if you try hard enough.
I used to say sly comments under my breath when someone was super rude or just disrespectful for zero reason. Sure, at that moment it felt great. It mostly bothered me for hours afterward.
Until this one day that changed my entire outlook on people at the doors.
I was having a rough day. Two sales. Rude people from the north who are super direct and swear a lot. I needed some love. The best way to get love is to give love. I called my wife. Instead of complaining about the day, I told her how much I love her and how awesome she is. She’s my best friend, and I can’t wait to see her when the summer is over.
I am standing on my Segway on the sidewalk, facing the backyard of a house located at the corner of a street. I hear this guy yelling, cussing out his wife, calling her things I would never say to my wife or any woman.
As I stood there, listening to my wife giving me the love I needed in that moment, I am witnessing the exact opposite happen in this house.
It was that very moment it clicked for me. Had I not called my wife, I would have knocked on that house next. That man or woman would have answered the door, and the outcome would have been horrible. I would have been yelled at or cussed out if that man came to the door.
Because I experienced the extreme opposite, it dawned on me: you never know what someone is going through or what to expect when you knock on someone’s door. If you engage, if you let them ruin your day because of their issues, it will slowly erode you.
After that, the saying my regional leader told me all the time clicked.
Water off a duck’s back.
The duck does not care about the water on its back, because it’s going to happen every day. So why let it bother you?
Understand this important lesson: control what you can control. The only thing you can control in life is your attitude and your actions toward a situation.
If you know people can be rude at the door, good. Give them kindness and walk away. Let the words and the negativity roll right off your back as you walk away, just like water rolling off a duck’s back.
Contractor Code of Conduct and Project Access Standards
Protect the Voter. Protect the Client. Protect Your Future.
Ballot Access Pros works in elections.
We handle voter information, legal documents, campaign data, confidential business systems, client trust, and the reputation of every person who represents this organization.
One fake door, one fabricated signature, one leaked document, one hidden incident, or one lie can damage an entire campaign and cost good people their opportunity.
This Code is a contractor project-access document. It establishes legal-compliance, anti-fraud, confidentiality, safety, property-use, client-protection, and project-access standards for independent contractors who choose to perform services with Ballot Access Pros.
Your signed Independent Contractor Agreement contains the complete legal terms governing your relationship with BAP. This Code explains how those responsibilities apply in real situations.
When this Code conflicts with applicable law, your signed ICA, an accepted Project Addendum, an election-office requirement, or a lawful client requirement, the controlling legal or contractual requirement applies.
1. Independent Contractor Relationship and Scope
You are an independent contractor.
You choose whether to accept or reject an offered project. You retain control over the lawful manner, means, route, sequence, schedule, timing, and methods you use to perform the services.
BAP may establish and enforce applicable legal requirements, election and canvassing rules, client requirements, project deliverables, accepted-work standards, fraud-prevention rules, audit standards, confidentiality obligations, chain-of-custody requirements, safety standards, property-use rules, turn-in deadlines, and project-access requirements.
This Code creates ZERO employment relationship, guaranteed project access, guaranteed compensation, fixed schedule, fixed shift, required daily motivational meeting, employee benefit, progressive discipline system, promise of future work, or authority to bind or represent BAP.
Required appearances are limited to legitimate compliance and project-administration purposes, including legal or client briefings, materials pickup, turn-ins, audits, ledger reconciliation, chain of custody, and the return of company or client property.
Your lawful private life belongs to you. Your conduct becomes a BAP concern when it creates legal, safety, client, reputational, financial, or operational risk connected to a BAP project, client, system, property, or company-arranged resource.
Authorized BAP Representative means Charles Eden, Kabir Wolf, or another person expressly designated in writing by BAP.
Private Contractor Chat - PCC is BAP’s internal name for a Signal contractor-support and project-administration channel.
2. Required Project Standards and Proven BAP Methods
This Contractor Welcome Packet contains two different types of information.
Required Project Standards
Required Project Standards are conditions of project access and include laws and election rules, client requirements, compliance briefings, accurate campaign descriptions, voter-data protection, accepted-work standards, fraud-prevention requirements, audit requirements, chain-of-custody procedures, turn-in deadlines, safety rules, confidentiality obligations, housing and rental-car rules, and official project terms.
Required Project Standards must be followed.
Proven BAP Methods
Proven BAP Methods include mindset systems, production strategies, recommended schedules, efficiency techniques, goal-setting systems, door approaches beyond required client language, optional performance meetings, coaching resources, and top-producer routines.
These methods come from years of tested field experience. They are provided to help you produce more, earn more, and make the most of every project.
You choose whether and how to apply Proven BAP Methods unless an official written Project Addendum or Company Announcement Channel identifies a specific requirement based on law, client direction, accepted-work standards, safety, fraud prevention, or another legitimate project-access condition.
Know the difference. Compliance protects your project access. Proven methods help you dominate the opportunity.
3. Follow Official Project Terms
Perform every service honestly, lawfully, and in accordance with the project terms you accept.
Official project terms may include compensation, pay structures, validity standards, audit standards, bonus terms, reserve terms, advance terms, chargeback rules, acceptance standards, turn-in requirements, compliance updates, and client instructions.
Official terms may be communicated through a Project Addendum, Compensation Addendum, designated Signal announcement chat, email, contractor portal, or another Company Announcement Channel authorized under your ICA.
Only Charles Eden, Kabir Wolf, or another Authorized BAP Representative may issue, change, waive, or interpret official project terms.
A rumor, side conversation, social-chat post, or another contractor’s interpretation never overrides an official announcement.
Read every official announcement. Acknowledge the terms when acknowledgment is required. Ask for clarification before acting when a legal, client, or compliance requirement is unclear.
Guessing with voter data, legal documents, campaign rules, or election law creates risk for everyone.
4. Personally Perform the Work You Claim
Every door, voter contact, survey, signature, GPS pin, time entry, affidavit, declaration, certification, and submission under your name must be personally completed by you.
Your account, login credentials, device, and assigned materials remain under your control.
Another person may never:
• Use your login or account
• Submit data through your device
• Mark doors in your name
• Create GPS pins in your name
• Complete surveys or voter contacts for you
• Collect signatures under your credentials
• Complete an affidavit, declaration, or certification for you
• Turn in their work as your work
• Access voter information through your account
• Perform regulated services in your name
Anyone performing regulated project work must be separately approved, separately contracted, and separately assigned by BAP when permitted by law and client requirements.
Claim only the work you personally perform.
5. Submit Accurate Work
Record what actually happened.
Every door, contact, survey, signature, time entry, affidavit, declaration, and turn-in must be accurate, complete, timely, and supported by real work.
When you make an honest mistake: Stop the affected action. Preserve the original information. Communicate the mistake immediately. Follow the correction process provided by an Authorized BAP Representative.
Honest mistakes can be fixed. Hidden mistakes become integrity problems.
6. ZERO Fraud
Ballot Access Pros accepts ZERO false, fabricated, spoofed, misleading, duplicate, unverifiable, incomplete, or falsely reported work.
Fraud and materially deceptive conduct include fake doors, fake surveys, fake voter contacts, fabricated signatures, falsified time, GPS spoofing, location manipulation, marking houses while sitting in housing or inside a vehicle, driving through an area while falsely marking contacts, fabricating voter responses, submitting work another person performed, allowing another person to use your credentials, altering records to hide misconduct, destroying evidence, and refusing to cooperate with an authorized audit.
BAP may verify work through GPS records, platform data, timestamps, travel patterns, field observations, in-person audits, call-verification audits, voter-verification audits, client audits, post-submission reviews, and other objective evidence.
One electronic, GPS, or platform audit showing spoofing, fabrication, false location reporting, false time reporting, or materially deceptive conduct may end your project access immediately.
Three failed in-person, field, call-verification, or voter-verification audits during a campaign may also result in immediate project removal under your ICA.
Fraudulent, unverifiable, rejected, duplicate, late, or noncompliant work is unpaid. Documented fraud may also result in forfeiture of unpaid campaign compensation to the maximum extent permitted by the ICA and applicable law, ledger adjustments, chargebacks, responsibility for documented losses, project removal, and termination of the ICA.
One fake door is never “just one door.” It proves your word and your work cannot be trusted.
7. Cooperate With Audits and Reviews
When BAP, a client, a campaign, an election authority, or another authorized party reviews your work, cooperate fully and honestly.
Provide the records, materials, access, and answers reasonably required under your agreement.
You may never destroy relevant evidence, delete requested records, alter screenshots or timestamps, pressure another person to change their account, coordinate a false story, hide petitions or project materials, interfere with voter verification, retaliate against a witness, or refuse an authorized audit.
Resourceful and honest people help solve the problem. Dishonest people become the problem.
8. Protect Materials and Chain of Custody
Petition sheets, voter lists, scripts, badges, devices, data, survey records, canvassing materials, receipts, client documents, and other materials supplied by BAP or a client remain company or client property unless expressly stated otherwise in writing.
Protect them. Keep them secure. Use them only for authorized project services. Return them by every required deadline.
Late, missing, damaged, or noncompliant turn-ins may result in rejected work, nonpayment for affected work, project removal, chargebacks, ledger adjustments, responsibility for documented client losses, and termination of project access.
When BAP issues an expedited turn-in because of a client, legal, election-office, or operational deadline, treat that deadline as mission critical.
9. Protect Confidential Information and BAP Intellectual Property
Confidential Information includes internal Signal messages, voter information, client identities, campaign details, compensation structures, pricing, contractor ledgers, compliance materials, training materials, training videos, scripts, workflows, recruiting systems, fraud-review processes, turn-in procedures, databases, business strategies, Protected Methods, and BAP operational systems.
Use Confidential Information, Protected Methods, and BAP Intellectual Property only for authorized BAP services.
Unless BAP provides written authorization, you may never photograph, record, screenshot, screen-record, download, scrape, copy, reproduce, publish, forward, upload, store outside approved systems, send to another person, or summarize for outside distribution.
You may perform lawful services for other businesses subject to your ICA. That freedom gives you ZERO permission to use BAP Confidential Information, client information, Company IP, Protected Methods, or business relationships for another person’s benefit.
You may never use BAP materials or methods to train a competitor, coach a competitor, assist a competing campaign-services company, circumvent BAP, bypass BAP to work directly with an introduced client, solicit BAP clients using information obtained through BAP, recruit BAP contractors using confidential company information, or sell, license, or monetize BAP systems or materials.
When your access ends, return or permanently delete BAP materials as directed. These obligations continue after your project or relationship with BAP ends.
Protect what we built like your future is attached to it. It is.
Protected Legal Reporting: Nothing in this Code or your ICA prevents you from reporting a suspected violation of law to an authorized government official, reporting election misconduct to an election authority, contacting law enforcement, cooperating with a lawful government investigation, consulting an attorney, responding truthfully to a subpoena or court order, or making another disclosure protected by applicable law.
10. Speak Truthfully and Use the Correct Process
You may never speak on behalf of BAP, a client, or a campaign without written authorization.
You may never create promises on behalf of BAP, change official project terms, waive project requirements, negotiate with the media for BAP, claim authority you were never given, present a personal opinion as an official BAP position, or release confidential campaign or voter information.
Public statements about BAP, its clients, campaigns, compensation, ledgers, advances, reserves, deductions, audits, validity, or payment status must be truthful, complete, and free from material deception.
When you dispute a payment, ledger entry, validity calculation, audit result, reserve amount, deduction, chargeback, or advance balance, submit the dispute to BAP in writing within five business days after receiving the relevant statement or decision. Identify the exact entry or decision, the amount involved, why you believe it is incorrect, the facts supporting your position, and the documents or records supporting the dispute.
Volume never replaces evidence.
11. Respect Every Person
Treat voters, contractors, clients, hosts, vendors, and members of the public with respect.
Ballot Access Pros accepts ZERO harassment, discrimination, bullying, intimidation, or targeted mistreatment connected to a BAP project or resource.
BAP prohibits targeted mistreatment based on race, color, religion or creed, sex, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, marital or familial status, and any other status protected by applicable law.
Direct feedback is allowed. Accountability is allowed. Constructive criticism is allowed. Disagreement is allowed. Abuse is the opposite of leadership.
It is nice to be important. It is more important to be nice.
12. Sexual Misconduct and Abuse of Influence
Ballot Access Pros accepts ZERO sexual harassment, sexual coercion, unwanted touching, exploitation, or abuse of influence.
Consent must be clear, voluntary, and freely given. Silence is not consent. Fear of losing housing, transportation, money, project access, or future opportunity is not consent.
A person with influence over project access, areas, housing, vehicles, audits, ledger support, bonuses, or future opportunities may never use that influence to pressure another person.
13. Safety, Violence, Weapons, and Impairment
Ballot Access Pros has ZERO tolerance for physical violence, fighting, threats of violence, stalking, blocking someone from leaving, threatening someone’s family, destruction of property, intimidation, or conduct creating a reasonable fear of immediate harm.
Never perform services while impaired. Never operate a rental vehicle arranged through BAP while impaired. Never handle petitions, voter information, client materials, or company property while impaired.
14. Protect Housing, Vehicles, and Company-Arranged Resources
Housing, flights, rental vehicles, advances, and other assistance arranged by BAP are optional contractor accommodations. They are not wages, employee benefits, or evidence of employment.
When you accept company-arranged assistance, follow the applicable housing, rental-car, provider, insurance, host, safety, and property rules.
Abuse a company-arranged resource and you may lose access to that resource indefinitely.
15. Report Serious Problems Early
Report fraud, forgery, harassment, discrimination, sexual misconduct, threats, violence, stalking, retaliation, serious safety concerns, illegal drug activity, theft, misuse of voter information, misuse of petitions or legal documents, serious client misconduct, and conduct involving an Authorized BAP Representative as soon as possible.
Use your PCC and tag the appropriate Authorized BAP Representative. When the concern involves someone inside that chat or requires additional privacy, contact Charles Eden or Kabir Wolf directly.
16. ZERO Retaliation
Ballot Access Pros accepts ZERO retaliation against someone who reports a concern in good faith, participates honestly in a review, provides evidence, supports another person making a report, raises a safety concern, raises a legal or compliance concern, rejects sexual or romantic attention, contacts law enforcement, or makes another legally protected report.
17. Reviews and Project Access Actions
When BAP receives a credible report involving safety, harassment, violence, discrimination, sexual misconduct, drugs, fraud, retaliation, or another serious concern, BAP may act immediately to protect the people, evidence, client, and project involved.
This Code creates ZERO progressive discipline process. BAP is not required to provide a warning before restricting access, removing a contractor from a project, declining future opportunities, or terminating a Project Addendum or ICA when the circumstances justify immediate action.
18. Return Everything When Access Ends
When your project ends, you resign, you are removed, authorization expires, or BAP requests a return: Stop representing Ballot Access Pros. Stop using BAP systems and materials. Return all company and client property. Return petitions and voter information. Return devices, badges, and access items. Return rental vehicles, keys, cards, and accessories. Vacate project housing as directed. Follow all deletion instructions. Provide proof of return when requested.
19. Conduct That Ends Your Opportunity
BAP may immediately restrict or terminate project access, system access, a Project Addendum, or the ICA for fraud, dishonesty, falsification, audit failure, unlawful conduct, client misconduct, material breach, repeated noncompliance, refusal to return materials, misuse of company or client property, unauthorized possession of a rental vehicle, misuse of BAP Intellectual Property, misuse of Protected Methods, unauthorized disclosure, harassment, discrimination, bullying, targeted intimidation, sexual misconduct, abuse of project influence, threats, violence, fighting, stalking, weapons violations, performing services while impaired, driving a rental vehicle while impaired, illegal drug activity in a BAP-connected environment, retaliation, interference with a report or review, destruction or concealment of evidence, knowingly false accusations, serious safety concerns, legal risk, conduct reasonably likely to harm BAP or its clients, and conduct that destroys trust.
Production never purchases permission to break trust.
A top producer who poisons the operation is still a liability.
Your title, numbers, relationships, and time with the company will never place you above the standard.
Integrity First
When something goes wrong, tell the truth immediately.
Give BAP the facts, the evidence, and the opportunity to help.
Honest mistakes can be fixed. Deception ends trust.
Do your own work. Follow the law. Protect the voter. Protect the client. Protect the team. Protect what Ballot Access Pros has built.
Your actions determine whether BAP trusts you with the next project, the next client, and the next level of responsibility.