On July 14, a California bill to require that initiative, referendum and recall petitioners must wear buttons was amended. The bill originally required volunteers to wear a badge saying “volunteer circulator” but now the bill does not require volunteers to wear any badge. As amended, the bill still requires paid circulators to wear a badge saying “paid circulator.”
The bill was originally written to apply to all petitioners, because the U.S. Constitution protects the right of people to be paid to circulate petitions. The bill originally covered every circulator, because of the principle that people can’t be penalized for exercising constitutional rights. Now that the bill has been amended, it may be unconstitutional because it treats different types of petitioner differently.
Any badges for the robot party hacks in the ANTI-DEMOCRACY gerrymander CA legislature ???
PAID ROBOT
PARTY HACK
FROM HELL
How many seconds after the bill passes before the ACLU files a lawsuit ???
The wording of the “button bill” SB 448
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This bill would require an individual who circulates
receives compensation to circulate an
initiative, referendum, or recall petition to wear a badge stating,
in no smaller than 30-point font print, whether
that he or she is a “paid signature gatherer”
or a “volunteer signature gatherer” and that
identifies if and where he or she is registered to vote.
gatherer.” The bill would require the individual
circulating the initiative, referendum, or recall petition to wear
the badge on his or her chest in clear view of all individuals
signing or asked to sign the petition.
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“paid signature gatherer”
Oh, this could be fun. 30 point font print.
1. Your choice of font?
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-color of font, color of background, contrast?
2. Your choice of language. After all, this is California and so many official items are printed in at minimum, English, Spanish, Chinese.
How about if I use a 30 point Chinese print font?
Legal? How about Spanish but not English?
“to wear the badge on his or her chest in clear view of all individuals”
Would upside down still be “in clear view”?
Who would police this? City police? State Attorney General? County election officer?
Would you have to provide proof that you were NOT being paid? Could you carry two types of petitions, some paid, some not? Then wear two 30 point badges, with one saying “paid” and the other saying “volunteer”