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Progressive Campaigns, Inc.
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In 1999, PCI was a co-plaintiff with the Initiative & Referendum Institute and U.S. Term Limits in a lawsuit challenging Maine's prohibition on payments to petition circulators and its requirement that petition circulators be residents of the state.[1]
Petition drives
2010
- Proposition 22: $1,646,596
2008
- PCI was the signature vendor for the California Proposition 2 (2008), collecting $416,756.[2]
- PCI was the signature vendor for the California Proposition 5 (2008), at a cost of about $1.762 million.[3]
- PCI was the signature vendor for the California Proposition 7 (2008). PCI received $1.367 million to conduct this petition drive.[4]
- PCI was the signature vendor for the California Proposition 10 (2008) at a cost of $2,418,178. Forde and Mollrich also collected signatures for this petition drive, earning $660,084 for signatures. The total signature cost was $3,078,263.[5]
- PCI was the signature vendor for the Washington Death with Dignity Initiative (2008).[6]
- PCI was the signature vendor for California Proposition 99 (2008), earning $$3,559,970.[7]
- PCI was the signature vendor for the Florida Hometown Democracy Initiative of 2008. This petition drive failed.[8]
2004
PCI was the petition drive firm hired to conduct a petition drive in 2004 to place a measure on the Washington, D.C. ballot that would authorize 3,500 slot machines in that city. The D.C. elections board disqualified the measure for the ballot after finding "fraud, forgery and other 'systematic' violations of local election laws."[9],[10]
The Ballot Initiative Strategy Center listed PCI as a preferred campaign consultant in 2006.[11]
Others
- California Proposition 78 (2005). $1,178,393 paid to PCI.[12]
- California Proposition 36 (2000). $1,143,328 paid to PCI.[14]
Controversy
In 2002, paid circulator Rick Giombetti accused Progressive Campgaigns, Inc. of not paying circulators for the signatures they collected in the last days of a paid petition drive in Washington for I-790.[16]
External links
- Progressive Campaigns, Inc. website
- Progressive Hucksters, Inc.
- Homeless given food to sign ballot petitions
- Widespread Irregularities Seen in DC Slots Petition
- Voter Revolt: How Political Consultants Use The California Initiative Process -- And A Non-Profit Organization -- To Fool the Voters and Make Themselves Rich
References
- ↑ Memorandum decision
- ↑ Campaign expenditure details
- ↑ Campaign expenditure details
- ↑ Campaign expenditure details
- ↑ Expenditure detail
- ↑ Expenditure detail
- ↑ Expenditure detail
- ↑ Hometown Democracy Throwing in the Towel?
- ↑ Slots Barred from Ballot
- ↑ Slots Foes Say Drive Flouted D.C. Law
- ↑ BISC preferred campaign consultants
- ↑ Expenditure detail for Yes on 78
- ↑ Public Disclosure Commission of Washington campaign finance database
- ↑ Expenditure detail for Yes on Prop 36
- ↑ East Valley Tribune, "The petition industry operates with few rules and many controversies", October 15, 2003
- ↑ http://eatthestate.org/06-26/ProgressiveHuckstersInc.htm
