Federal judge strikes down several state petition rules, citing First Amendment
U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks permanently struck down state rules requiring petition circulators to read ballot titles aloud, deliver a fraud warning, check IDs before signatures, and publicly list paid canvassers' personal information, ruling the measures unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
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A federal judge has permanently invalidated several Arkansas rules that imposed new requirements on petition circulators, the broadcast reported. U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks ruled that requirements to read ballot titles aloud, deliver a state-mandated fraud warning, check identification before signatures and publicly list paid canvassers' personal information violated the First Amendment.
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