On July 1, U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore, a Clinton appointee, enjoined a Houston, Texas requirement that city initiatives can only be circulated by registered voters in Houston. Pool v City of Houston, s.d., 4:19cv-2236. Here is the 20-page order.
The city argued that it doesn’t enforce the requirement, and also that the particular initiative being circulated by the plaintiffs would itself be unconstitutional (the initiative concerns campaign finance). The city also argued that the plaintiffs lack standing and that the case is not ripe. Judge Gilmore wrote that these arguments are unconvincing. Thanks to Trent Pool for this news.
Again —
INTERNAL elections — ALL others [political aliens] — none of your business.
National/Federal — State — Local.
Too many Judge morons to count.
IMO, if an illegal alien circulates a petition, that doesn’t make a single signature any less valid. The only legal issues to consider are, if the signatory registered, and did the signatory actually sign.
1. Notary Public aspect to circulators.
2. Abolish 1-
ONE person Voter forms – offices and issues —
I nominate AZ for office X on the Date ballots
I want Prop 2019-1 on the ballots
Apparently the city was arguing that contractors, some who don’t reside in Houston, have a first Amendment right to make contributions to the election of a mayoral candidate who might make favorable decisions with regard to city purchase of their goods and services.
There’s no notary public aspect to circulators. Some places circulators have to sign off in front of a notary public, some places just sign off, other places not sign off at all. Many places, petitions are left on store counters, passed from one person to the next, sent out in the mail and returned, or printed off on the home computer and sent into the petition organizers office. Some places they are inserts in newspapers, or newspaper ads that can be clipped, filled out and sent in. A circulator is just someone who asks someone to sign something. A machine recording can do that. Or a drone. A petition in the mail box and a recorded call on the answering machine, you name it.
Why not?
Circulating petitions is actually a perfect job for “illegal aliens,” especially refugee children who can and should circulate petitions on the same day they arrive in the US, people trying to get on their feet as soon as they get out of the penitentiary and before they can afford a motel room, homeless folks, young children at lemonade stands, trained animals, light posts, unmanned tables, etc.
How about animals and plants as *circulators* — and even UFO’s, balloons, ICBMS [read quick], etc. ???
Notary Public aspect — added PERJURY count on illegal signers.
Election interference.