On May 14, the California Senate passed SB 34 by a vote of 22-14. It makes it illegal to pay an initiative petition circulator on a per-signature basis, either directly or indirectly. This means that circulators could not even be given a bonus for high production. The bill will be heard in the Assembly Elections Committee on July 7.
The bill does not apply to petitions for independent candidates, new parties, recalls, or petitions in lieu of filing fee. A similar law was held unconstitutional in Ohio by the 6th circuit in 2008, and when Ohio asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal, the Court declined.
For any ignorant folks on this list —
it is a W-A-R for REAL Democracy against the EVIL gerrymander district (political concentration camp) monarchs (and the special interest oligarchy gangs that control them). Nothing new for 6,000 plus years.
Each house of the CA legislature has the worst set of gerrymander monarchs due to having the highest ratio of Total Votes / Total Seats.
P.R. NOW — Total Votes / Total Seats = EQUAL votes needed for each seat winner.