California Bill to Make it More Difficult to Qualify an Initiative is Amended

On May 18, California AB 421 was amended to make it less restrictive. The original bill outlawed paying initiative circulators on a per-signature basis. It also required that 10% of the needed signatures be collected by volunteers. The amended bill says that initiative circulators may be paid on a per-signature basis, if the group sponsoring the initiative agrees to collect at least 5% of the needed signatures by volunteers.

So far the bill has passed the Assembly Elections Committee, but otherwise has not advanced.


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