Two Republican Arkansas legislators, Senator Mark Johnson and Representative David Ray, have introduced HB 1025, which would prohibit collecting signatures on election day within 100 feet from the primary entrance to any building which is hosting a polling place. Here is the text. The bill only applies to initiative and referendum petitions.
Terrible bill.
Richard, I just communicated with one of my contacts in Arkansas, and this person just told me they heard that this bill is already dead. Hopefully it is, but you may want to look into this further.
“The bill only applies to initiative and referendum petitions”
So, its only ok for candidates?
Is such a distinction constitutional?
Andy, thanks for that news. Walter, you have identified a flaw in the bill that (if the bill passed in that form) could be used to help overturn it.
NOOO DISTANCES IN THE 1 AMDT — REGARDLESS OF SCOTUS MORONS.
There should be no petitioning at the polls. Voters should gather at the polls to decide which party gets to pick all the officeholders and law enforcement officers for the next year. They should vote by physically standing up in that Party corner. Those who would be allowed to vote, which is only a tiny percentage of those allowed to vote now, should be inside the hall voting. Those who are not allowed to vote should not be allowed anywhere near the voting place.
This would be a very important vote because the winning party would pick all the law enforcement officers for that year, and the position of law enforcement officer would be combined with those of judge, jury, and executioner. The voters don’t need to be distracted from such an important task. Additionally, it would cost a lot of money to vote, because poll taxes would replace all other taxes, so it would be the job of law enforcement officers to keep the smelly mob of those who are not allowed to vote away from the gathering of the elite individuals who would be doing the voting.