Arizona Supreme Court ruling hailed as a ‘huge win’ for petition gathering efforts in state – By Mary Jo Pitzl (Arizona Republic) / June 22, 2023
An Arizona Supreme Court ruling affirming that paying petition passers per signature they collect is illegal is nonetheless receiving praise as a “huge win” for petition-gathering efforts.
The unanimous ruling Wednesday clarified that petition firms can use other forms of compensation, as long as they are not based on a per-signature basis, and rejected arguments that the law on its face violates the First Amendment.
That adds up to a “huge win,” said Andrew Chavez, owner of Petition Partners, a prominent signature-gathering firm that was key to the case at the heart of the high court’s ruling.
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