Comments on: Florida Bill Advances, Would Outlaw Paying Per Signature

By: rosa

rosa — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:29:01 +0000

For an update, see here:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/article993043.ece

By: Brandon Holmes

Brandon Holmes — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:56:34 +0000

The courts have generally looked on pay-per sig bans with disfavor, striking the bans down in most cases. Most recently Ohio’s ban fell in Citizens for Tax Reform v Deters where the 6th circuit said: “By making speech more costly, the State is virtually guaranteeing there will be less of it.”

By: ETJB

ETJB — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:34:25 +0000

I mean I can understand the need to have regulation over ballot (and public debate) access, but ….

By: ETJB

ETJB — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:25:36 +0000

Interesting, I thought Florida did away with petition requirements for ballot access via a ballot measure.

By: RichM

RichM — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:06:41 +0000

An omnibus election bill has now emerged in the state senate (SB 956) and it includes the paid petitioner provisions contained in CS/HB497. As this year’s omnibus bill, this legislation seems very likely to pass. Anyone opposed would be well advised to get busy with heavy lobbying immediately.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:11:54 +0000

Another attempt to make it more difficult to put things on the ballot so the establishment politicians can keep more power for themselves.