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Paid per signature ban has worked in Oregon

By emmettoconnell
Fri Jan 26, 2007 at 05:12:19 PM PST
Section: Washington State Topic: Legislation

The forgetful Tim Eyman and Stephan Sharkansky don't want to point out why an initiative paid-per-signature ban was upheld in Oregon was that the state proved such a ban prevented fraud in the process. Sharkansky has gone on to say that Oregon's ban hansn't worked.

Not so says Carla at Preemptive Karma:

The problem Sizemore (and Eyman in Washington) have is the phrase "were caught". Prior to Measure 26, it was the campaigns who were scrutinizing their signatures. Once people were caught from outside the campaigns forging the signatures, then it became obvious that the "pay by signature" was simply feeding that beast. Oregon's Attorney General has said as much. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals happens to agree.

Its laughable for Sizemore to make the argument that pay by the hour is bringing in more forgers. The reason more people are caught is because of the scrutiny that M26 has brought to the process. Grassroots organizations are paying much closer attention.

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