On July 23, a lower state court in Oklahoma City will hold a hearing in the criminal case against Paul Jacob, Rick Carpenter, and Susan Johnson, for conspiracy to invite out-of-staters to circulate an initiative petition in Oklahoma. July 23 is not the trial date. It is merely a procedural hearing in which the state must explain to a judge why a trial should be scheduled. Jacob, Carpenter, and Johnson encourage people to attend this hearing, which begins at 9 a.m. For more information, call Brandon Holmes, 703-586-7088.
The three were told by a representative of the Oklahoma Secretary of State’s office that it is legal for temporary residents of Oklahoma to circulate initiative petitions. Later, though, they were arrested for conspiring to use temporary residents to circulate their initiative petition.
In the meantime, the civil case that challenges the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s ban on out-of-state initiative circulators will be argued in the 10th circuit sometime in September. Oklahoma may be hard pressed to explain why only people domiciled in Oklahoma may circulate initiative petitions, when certain kinds of people who are not domiciled in Oklahoma are permitted to vote (for example, military personnel stationed in Oklahoma, and college students attending school in Oklahoma even though they are domiciled outside the state). Oklahoma will also need to explain why any adult may circulate a petition in Oklahoma for a new party or an independent presidential candidate.
$90,000 and counting …………………………………………………….
that’s an average of $10,000 a day for 9 days since July 26th.
Let’s keep it rolling…………… If you are sitting at home and it’s raining like it is in South Florida here, write emails to TV talk shows, radio shows, blogg, write editorials to newspapers, and most important write emails to friends and family. We need money, we need your support to compete !
http://www.bobbarr2008.com
Run for office as a Republican or Democrat, and run for the sole purpose of enriching yourself or attaining power … no obstacles.
Circulate petitions to empower the citizens … jail is threatened.
Send our young men and women off to Iraq while telling them it’s to fight for democracy … no problem.
Actually try to practice democracy … jail is threatened.
Our worst enemies are not Muslims, not North Koreans, not Cubans; our worst enemies are too many people who are in some political or governmental position of authority.
Stalin and Hilter are laughing some where……
More questions for the State:
Why is it OK for non-residents to lobby the legislature, but not circulate initiative petitions?
Why is it OK for out-of-staters to manage and work in political campaigns, but not circulate initiative petitions?
Sounds like the Sooner State is trying to be a Banana Republic even Sooner than the rest of the country.
Is it any surprise that the rest of the political nation calls it “Jokelahoma”???
they will do what ever they want to do….
how much money can you pay them under the table is
the question……