Decline to sign 1107

[eridani]

As of last night, I-1107 proponents were still out in force across the state trying to qualify revenue repeal for the ballot. Petition sheets must be turned in next week so we expect them to make a big push to collect signatures over the weekend. We are hearing that our efforts to educate voters is having an impact and we still have a chance to keep revenue repeal off the ballot.


I want to remind everybody that you can participate in our Decline to Sign effort by getting word out to your members in the following ways:


Contact your members to urge them not to sign 1107..
Ask your members to report back ASAP where and when they encounter signature gatherers for 1107. This is very important. Have them provide the location, the number of signature gatherers, how they are describing the measure. Our hotline and e-mail address to collect this info: 1-888-207-7307 or [e-mail].
If you know people who are looking for work over the next few days the campaign is still seeking to hire Decline to Sign voter educators to work through July 1. Please circulate the jobs announcement below. Those who are interested should call one of the numbers listed below.
Those who have already signed an 1107 petition should fill out and return a withdrawal letter. They can be downloaded at www.oureconomicfuture.org.
Thanks for your help with this.

[eridani]

1. 1107 signature gatherers claim that this initiative is really 1068

http://sensiblewashington.org/uncategorized/paid-petitioners-dupe-citizens-into-signing-i-1107-claiming-its-the-marijuana-reform-act/

Brandon Hulse, one of I-1068’s very best volunteer signature gatherers, was about to enter the Safeway at corner of South 38th Street and South M street in Tacoma at 5 p.m. this evening when he was stopped by a man asking him to sign the “Marijuana Reform Act.” The man was a paid petitioner and he was with another paid petitioner. The pair were engaging in deception and fraud and were poaching signatures that properly belonged to I-1068.

Hulse said that they had petitions that were clearly not I-1068–the Marijuana Reform Act–wrapped crosswise around a sheet of cardboard so that one could only see the signature lines but not the title and ballot summary language at the top of the petition. Hulse asked them if they’d turn in their signed copies of I-1068 to him, so he could get them into Sensible Washington’s offices.
“We actually don’t have that,” one of the men told Hulse, according to Hulse.

Meanwhile, a woman was signing the petition after being told it was the Marijuana Reform Act. She began saying “Sign it, sign it” to Hulse. Hulse got one of the men to flip the petition around so he could see the top of it and it was clearly marked as I-1107, which would repeal certain taxes enacted by the State Legislature earlier this year. Hulse went into the Safeway, phoned me and explained the situation. I asked him to try and get the men’s names, what company they worked for and to take their pictures on his cell phone.

Photos and details follow.