Prete v. Bradbury
From Ballotpedia
Prete v. Bradbury is the name of a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon against Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury challenging Oregon's restrictions on paying petition circulators by the signature.
The outcome of the lawsuit was that U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken upheld Oregon's ban on pay-per-signature on February 11, 2004.[1] The ban was one of the provisions of Oregon Ballot Measure 26.
Plaintiffs in the case were Barbara and Eugene Prete. They appealed the district court's ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. In February 2006, the court of appeals upheld the lower court's ruling.
See also
- Laws governing ballot initiative signature gatherers
- History of restrictions on paid circulators
- Person v. New York State Board of Elections
- Initiative & Referendum Institute v. Jaeger
External links
- Official text of the Prete v. Bradbury decision
- Paid Petitioners after Prete
- Election fraud and the initiative process
Notes
- ↑ More lawsuit news Ballot Access News, March 1, 2004
