The October 25 Los Angeles Times has this even-handed analysis of the issue of whether petition signatures should be private. The issue arose in Washington state, around the R-71 Referendum petition that forced a public vote on the bill passed this year by the legislature for civil unions. The Times article correctly mentions that California law already requires that petitions for ballot measures are private.
Again this movement to show names of petition signers is only because the homosexual lobby is bent(pardon the pun) on trying using brownshirt tactics to punish those who voiced their opinion. I mean if they call us citizen legislators then those who vote are citizen legislators and those who voted should be exposed. What a chilling effect on democracy. I guess the granny who signed at her church will be chastised by the homosexual mafia to shame for her views.
At one time homosexuals were in to privacy. The said “stay out of my bedroom” and now they say “you better agree about my bedroom”.