Ninth Circuit En Banc Panel Hears Arguments on Whether Initiative Proponents Can Avoid Having their Names on Petition

On December 16, an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit heard arguments in Chula Vista Citizens for Jobs v Norris, 12-55726. The issue is whether proponents of a local initiative have a privacy right to keep their names off the initiative petition. The proponents formed an organization and the organization is willing to be listed on the petition as the proponent, but state law requires that individuals must be listed as the proponents. See this account of the oral argument.

The original Ninth Circuit panel had struck down the law by a vote of 2-1, but then the government obtained a rehearing en banc.


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Ninth Circuit En Banc Panel Hears Arguments on Whether Initiative Proponents Can Avoid Having their Names on Petition — 2 Comments

  1. After Chula Vista rejected the petitions which did not have the named proponents on the petition, they agreed to have their name on the petitions. The voters approved the initiative in June 2010, 4-1/2 years ago.

  2. One more const amdt –

    Right to have SECRET signing of ALL petitions [akin to the SECRET ballot]

    — to avoid getting PURGED by the usual suspect control freak gangsters — left and right.

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