THE Fundamentals
What is the first question you should as a voter?
What is are you registered to vote?
Which party is pushing this petition?
What is both/Neither?
Scenario: Husband signs for his wife while she is starting the car. As long as you see her give him permission it is fine.
What is NO
What is your goal/quota for the day?
minimun 70- aim for 100, 70% validity
Name a zero tolerance policy
What is the ratio of voters who typically sign a petition ?
What is 1 out of 3?
Who is Sponsoring/Partnering the petition?
Action Together NEPA
What is a DVA?
Daily Valid Average
Private- Grocery Stores (Kroger Walmart), Fitness center, restaurants, post office
How often do you report your numbers in the app
what is every 30 mins
what are the four rules to canvassing?
1. Loyalty to the team,
2. Know your turf/know your information
3. Stick to the fundamentals
4. Perseverance
This former Scranton mayor was sentenced to seven years in prison on corruption charges.
Who is Bill Courtright?
A voter accidentally made a mistake of the petition signing their name/address?
What is they should, Single line through error, Voter initials, Sign correctly in the proper county book.
How should you respond to grocery stores managers who tell you to get off their properties.
Be respectable, Leave immediately
True of False: At the end of the shift you drop your petitions off to Dakota/Kevie
False. Explain the correct answer.
According to AMT, what should you do instead of trying to guess who might sign?
What is Stop everyone, pitch everyone.
This Congressman was labeled the "top day trader" in Congress, reportedly made over 600 trades worth more than $14 million while serving in office?
Rob Bresnahan
List 3 common mistakes made by voters that can cause the signatures not to count
wrong date, nick name, wrong year, etc
Scenario: Joe was asked to leave the post office on Main Street. He decided he will take a quick break the gas station and go back in 10 mins because he was having a good day there. Is this correct?
NO
A circulator leaves a petition book in the car during check out. He texts Dakota and lets her know he will turn it in tomorrow. The next day, he sees its only 4 signatures on there and notices 2 addresses outside the county. He crosses the 2 lines out, initials them, and finishes getting signatures on the same book with the official new date. Name 2 things they did wrong.
1- not running back up and adding it to check out
2- leaving it unattended
3- crosses out for the voter
Name the 6 fundamentals of petitioning
what is
STOP
ASK
BUILD RAPPORT
INFORM
CLOSE
THANK THE VOTER
What is the biggest consequence when public officials appear to profit from information or power unavailable to ordinary citizens? How do this affect people like you and me?
Public trust is damaged when voters believe public officials may benefit financially from their positions, which is why ethics reforms matter. (acceptable answers may vary.)
Explain why validity matters and is important
open to answer
Which party is backing this petition?
Does signing mean I support it ?
Who all does this effect ?
Neither
No
Only county elected officials and county employees — not state, federal, or municipal officials.
Role Play the pitch and getting a signatures from a voter correctly.
Act out