Arno Political Consultants
From Ballotpedia
Political Consultants, or APC, is a petition drive management firm based in Sacramento, California.
Founded in 1979, APC has collected more than 120 million signatures on 500 ballot initiatives in twenty states. The firm is directed by Mike Arno. APC primarily, but not exclusively, works on conservative and libertarian ballot measures.
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Petition drives
2008
- Arno Political Consultants collected the signatures to qualify the California Tribal Gaming Compacts (2008) for the February 5, 2008 ballot, earning $947,745.88.[1]
- APC collected the signatures to qualify the California Proposition 98 (2008) for the June 2008 California ballot, earning $900,000.[2]
- APC collected the signatures to qualify the Children's Hospital Bond Act for the November 2008 ballot at a cost of about $1,028,000.[3]
Testimony in pay-per-signature lawsuit
In 2005, Mike Arno testified in the Citizens for Tax Reform v. Deters lawsuit that if he were to manage a petition drive in Ohio and was restricted from paying circulators by the signature, he would have to charge the sponsors of an initiative approximately 60% more than if he could pay circulators by the signature.
