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American Petition Consultants
American Petition Consultants was a company that offered signature gathering services to ballot initiative and recall campaigns.[1]
In 1992, American Petition Consultants was offered $400,000 to turn down work on California Proposition 174 concerning private school vouchers, which appeared on the 1993 ballot and was defeated.[2] In 1995, American Petition Consultants was hired to collect signatures for a recall campaign that led to California State Assembly member Doris Allen (R) from office.[3]
See also
| Petition Companies |
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- Ballot initiative
- Ballot measures cost per required signatures analysis
- Petition drive management companies
- Signature requirements for ballot measures
- Initiative petition signature validity rates
- Initiative petition circulation periods
Footnotes
- ↑ New York Times, "Hired Hands Carrying Democracy's Petitions"
- ↑ School Choice: Why You Need It, How You Get It
- ↑ LA Times, "Pros Enlisted to Aid Allen Recall : Politics: Opponents of Assembly Speaker hire American Petition Consultants to ensure the timely collection of sufficient signatures to put issue on November ballot.," accessed January 30, 2022
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Signature requirements |
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| Signature requirements |
Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming |
| Petition companies |
American Petition Consultants • Arno Political Consultants • Bader & Associates, Inc. • Canvasser Services • Capitol Assets • Democracy Direct • Democracy Resources • Discovery Petition Management • FieldWorks • JSM, Inc. • Kimball Petition Management • LAMM Political Partners, LLC • Masterson & Wright • National Ballot Access • National Petition Management • National Solutions • National Voter Outreach • PCI Consultants, Inc. |
| Terms |
Approved for circulation • Initiative petition circulation periods • Circulator • Circulator affidavit • Forged signature • Fraudulent signature • Invalid signature • Paid circulator • Petition • Random sampling • Registered voter • Signature certification • Signer • Signer intent • Valid signature • Volunteer circulator • Signature transcription |
| Petition drive deadlines |
2008 deadlines • 2009 deadlines • 2010 deadlines • 2011 deadlines • 2012 deadlines • 2013 deadlines • 2014 deadlines • 2015 deadlines • 2016 deadlines • 2017 deadlines • 2018 deadlines • 2019 deadlines • 2020 deadlines • 2021 deadlines • 2022 deadlines • 2023 deadlines • 2024 deadlines • 2025 deadlines |
| Signature law |
States where signature requirements are based on votes cast for governor |
