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Petition drive management companies
Petition drive management companies are companies that contract with ballot measure sponsors to collect signatures for initiative petition drives.
Signature requirements such as the number of signatures required, maximum circulation periods, and other requirements vary by state, meaning the total cost of a successful petition drive, or the cost-per-required signature (CPRS) varies by state. CPRS is calculated as a campaign's total spending on signature gathering relative to the number of signatures required to qualify for the ballot.
Petition drive management companies active in 2024
The following table shows the petition companies used by campaigns that qualified an initiative for the ballot in 2024. It shows which states the company was active in and the average CPRS for the company.
- See also: 2024 ballot measures and Ballot measure signature costs, 2024
Petition drive management companies are companies that contract with campaigns to collect signatures.
Since some initiative petition drives used more than one company, some initiatives are counted more than once in the table below.
The most-used petition drive management companies in 2024 were Advanced Microtargeting, Fieldworks, and PCI Consultants, Inc, which each conducted six signature drives, making these three firms responsible for 35% of signature gathering drives in 2024.
Most-used companies in 2024
The following table shows the average CPRS for the most-used petition drive management companies for 2024 initiative campaigns.
| Average cost per required signature by petition company | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | # of initiatives | Average CPRS | States involved | ||
| Advanced Micro Targeting | 6 | $24.37 | • Nevada • Arizona • Alaska • Ohio • Missouri • Montana | ||
| Ballot Access Management | 1 | $5.99 | • Massachusetts | ||
| Blitz Canvassing | 3 | $20.86 | • Colorado • Missouri | ||
| Fieldworks LLC | 6 | $19.01 | • Colorado • Nebraska • Arizona • Missouri | ||
| Kimball Petition Management | 1 | $14.18 | • California | ||
| Landslide Political | 5 | $24.17 | • Montana • Nebraska | ||
| PCI Consultants, Inc. | 4 | $30.85 | • Arkansas • Florida | ||
| The Outreach Team | 2 | $32.16 | • Massachusetts • Nevada | ||
| The Monaco Group, PCI Consultants, Inc. | 4 | $15.31 | • California | ||
| Victors Canvassing | 2 | $10.87 | • Colorado | ||
| Your Choice Petitions, TDM Strategies, Allstate Petition Management LLC, Voter Science, Collective Voice Solutions | 4 | $4.51 | • Washington | ||
Petition drive management companies in 2024
The following table shows all data for the 44 petition drive management companies used by 2024 initiative campaigns.
| Petition company | Number of petition drives | States using petition company |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Micro Targeting | 6 | Alaska, Arizona, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ohio |
| eQual | 2 | Alaska, Missouri |
| Leading Light Advisors | 1 | Alaska |
| Top Fundraising Solutions | 1 | Alaska |
| Fieldworks LLC | 6 | Arizona (1), Colorado (1), Missouri (1), Nebraska (3) |
| PCI Consultants, Inc. | 6 | Arkansas (1), California (4), Florida (1) |
| UNITE HERE Local 11 | 1 | California |
| Kimball Petition Management | 1 | California |
| California Partnership Action Fund | 1 | California |
| The Monaco Group | 4 | California |
| Victors Canvassing | 2 | Colorado |
| Ground Organizing for Latinos | 1 | Colorado |
| Ground Organizing | 1 | Colorado |
| Blitz Canvassing | 3 | Colorado (2), Missouri (1) |
| Vanguard Field Strategies | 2 | Florida, Nebraska |
| Axiom Strategies | 1 | Florida |
| EqualCitizens.US | 1 | Maine |
| Signature Drive | 2 | Massachusetts |
| Ballot Access Management | 2 | Massachusetts |
| Westfield Trustee Services, LLC | 1 | Massachusetts |
| Sign2Vote, Inc. | 1 | Massachusetts |
| The Outreach Team | 2 | Massachusetts, Nevada |
| Accelevate 2020 | 1 | Massachusetts |
| Nationwide Ballot Access | 1 | Massachusetts |
| Allied Data Services | 1 | Massachusetts |
| One Fair Wage Action, Inc. | 1 | Massachusetts |
| MO Political Consulting | 1 | Missouri |
| MOVE Action | 2 | Missouri |
| Second Street Associates | 1 | Missouri |
| Landslide Political | 5 | Montana (3), Nebraska (2) |
| She's Electable Nebraska LLC | 1 | Nebraska |
| September Group | 1 | Nevada |
| U.S. Term Limits | 1 | North Dakota |
| Public Appeal | 1 | North Dakota |
| HR Solutions, LLC | 1 | North Dakota |
| All Circulators are Beautiful, LLC | 1 | Oregon |
| Ascendant LLC | 1 | Oregon |
| Portland Clean Air Fund | 1 | Oregon |
| UFCW Local 555 | 1 | Oregon |
| Voter Science | 2 | Washington |
| CollectiveVoice Solutions | 1 | Washington |
| Your Choice Petitions | 3 | Washington |
| TDM Strategies | 3 | Washington |
| Allstate Petition Management LLC | 3 | Washington |
Petition drive management companies active in 2022
The following table shows the petition companies used by campaigns that qualified an initiative for the ballot in 2022. It shows which states the company was active in and the average CPRS for the company.
- See also: 2022 ballot measures and Ballot measure signature costs, 2022
| Average cost per required signature by petition company | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | # of initiatives | Average CPRS | States involved | ||
| 2020 Ballcamp | 2 | $16.42 | • California | ||
| 2022 Campaigns Inc. | 3 | $14.26 | • California | ||
| Advanced Micro Targeting | 4 | $13.93 | • Nevada • Arizona • North Dakota • Arkansas | ||
| Ballot Access Management | 1 | $6.68 | • Massachusetts | ||
| Blitz Canvassing | 3 | $13.03 | • Colorado | ||
| Eagle Campaigns LLC | 1 | $8.66 | • North Dakota | ||
| Fieldworks LLC | 4 | $21.93 | • Michigan • Arizona • Missouri | ||
| Kimball Petition Management | 1 | $21.46 | • California | ||
| Landslide Political | 2 | $18.37 | • Colorado | ||
| Osprey Field Services | 1 | $1.47 | • Oregon | ||
| Scotch Strategies | 2 | $0.40 | • Colorado | ||
| Spoonworks Inc. | 1 | $7.73 | • Massachusetts | ||
| The Outreach Team | 1 | $8.80 | • Oregon | ||
| Verified Arkansas, LLC | 1 | $25.28 | • Arkansas | ||
Petition drive management companies active in 2020
- See also: 2020 ballot measures and Ballot measure signature costs, 2020
The following table shows the petition companies used by campaigns that qualified an initiative for the ballot in 2020. It shows which states the company was active in and the average CPRS for the company.
| Average cost per required signature by petition company | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | # of initiatives | Average CPRS | States involved | ||
| 2020 Ballcamp | 1 | $6.00 | • California | ||
| Advanced Micro Targeting | 2 | $5.42 | • Alaska | ||
| Alastair Mactaggart | 1 | $7.00 | • California | ||
| Arno Petition Consultants | 1 | $5.59 | • California | ||
| AZ Petition Partners, LLC | 1 | $5.89 | • Arizona | ||
| Ballot Access Management LLC | 1 | $2.46 | • Massachusetts | ||
| Blitz Canvassing | 1 | $9.63 | • Colorado | ||
| JEF Associates | 1 | $4.91 | • Massachusetts | ||
| Harvest Consulting and James Tracey | 1 | $1.72 | • Maine | ||
| Texas Petition Strategies and Advanced Micro Targeting | 1 | $3.19 | • Alaska | ||
| Stand for Children, Inc. | 1 | $16.83 | • Arizona | ||
| Robert N. Klein II | 1 | $6.65 | • California | ||
| National Petition Management, Inc. | 2 | $8.98 | • California | ||
| Taylor Policy Group Inc | 3 | $0.60 | • Nebraska | ||
| Kimball Petition Management | 1 | $8.86 | • California | ||
| Landslide Political | 1 | $9.01 | • Colorado | ||
| Let the Voters Decide | 1 | $10.26 | • Florida | ||
| MOVE Action | 1 | $1.04 | • Missouri | ||
| National Ballot Access | 4 | $6.76 | • Nebraska | ||
| Tenacious Campaigns | 2 | $0.25 | • Montana | ||
| MontPIRG | 2 | $2.36 | • Montana | ||
| FieldWorks LLC | 8 | $12.50 | • Colorado • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada• Oklahoma | ||
| AP Petitioning Partners | 1 | $8.08 | • Florida | ||
| BH-AP Petitioning Partners LLC | 3 | $3.70 | • California • Florida | ||
| Drug Policy Action | 1 | $1.05 | • Oregon | ||
| 360 Campaign Consulting | 2 | $8.06 | • Oregon | ||
| We Win Strategy Group | 1 | $0.15 | • Oregon | ||
States with a citizen initiative process
The following 26 states, as well as Washington, D.C., have a process for citizen initiatives and/or veto referendums. Click on the links below to read about signature requirements and deadlines for ballot initiatives in each state.
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Alaska
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Arizona
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Arkansas
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in California
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Colorado
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Florida
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Idaho
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Illinois
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Maine
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Maryland
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Massachusetts
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Michigan
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Mississippi
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Missouri
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Montana
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Nebraska
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Nevada
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in New Mexico
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in North Dakota
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Ohio
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Oklahoma
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Oregon
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in South Dakota
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Utah
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Washington
- Signature requirements for ballot measures in Wyoming
