#signature-gathering

[ follow ]
#transit-funding #bay-area-transit #bart #voter-fraud #ballot-initiatives #homelessness #federal-prosecution
fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

Homeless people on Skid Row were paid to register to vote, feds charge

A longtime signature gatherer will plead guilty to paying homeless people on Skid Row to help get initiatives on the ballot, federal prosecutors said Monday, part of an effort to crack down on what they claim is widespread voter fraud across the state. Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong,64 of Marina Del Ray, agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of paying a person to register to vote, prosecutors announced Monday. She faces up to five years in prison.
California
Boston
fromBoston.com
5 days ago

MassGOP-backed lieutenant governor candidate fails to collect enough signatures to make ballot

A GOP-endorsed lieutenant governor candidate fell short of the 10,000-signature ballot requirement amid forgery concerns tied to a paid signature gatherer.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Billionaire-tax backers say they have enough signatures - times two - to qualify for ballot

A proposed 5% tax on billionaires' assets aims to generate $100 billion for healthcare funding in California.
#transit-funding
Mission District
fromsf.streetsblog.org
4 weeks ago

Advocates Celebrate Milestone in Signature Gathering for Transit Funding Measures - Streetsblog San Francisco

Transit advocates have gathered over 46,300 signatures for funding measures, but still need more to qualify for the November ballot.
Mission District
fromsf.streetsblog.org
4 weeks ago

Advocates Celebrate Milestone in Signature Gathering for Transit Funding Measures - Streetsblog San Francisco

Transit advocates have gathered over 46,300 signatures for funding measures, but still need more to qualify for the November ballot.
more#transit-funding
#bay-area-transit
fromStreetsblog San Francisco
1 month ago
East Bay (California)

Weekend Roundup: Regional Transit Measure Update, More Art at Sunset Dunes... - Streetsblog San Francisco

Regional transit measures are critical to avoid severe service cuts in the Bay Area.
fromStreetsblog
4 months ago
California

$3 Million Now in the Bank to Support Signature-Gathering Effort for Regional Transit Measure - Streetsblog San Francisco

A regional campaign raised almost $3 million and began signature gathering to qualify a five-county sales tax aimed at preventing Bay Area public transit service cuts.
fromStreetsblog
4 months ago
California

$3 Million Now in the Bank to Support Signature-Gathering Effort for Regional Transit Measure - Streetsblog San Francisco

more#bay-area-transit
fromMission Local
1 month ago

BART supporters need 186K signatures by June. Will Hunky Jesus and $7-a-gallon gas get them there?

Without a transfusion of revenue, there's no reason to believe BART will continue to exist. The BART tunnels will be free to film the sequel to 'THX 1138.'
Mission District
California
from48 hills
4 months ago

Should I sign that petition? A handy guide to the clipboards you are seeing on the streets - 48 hills

Paid signature gatherers indicate deep-pocketed sponsors; checking disclosed funders provides a practical signal for whether to sign ballot petitions.
[ Load more ]