Tobacco Industry’s Referendum Tactic To Pay For Signatures Is Legal
The signature-gathering market is already quite expensive, and the move to pay $10 for every voter signature could cause some campaigns to abandon their cause.
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Tobacco Industry's Threats: Provocative, But Legal
The campaign for a November ballot measure to raise California’s tobacco tax is criticizing reported threats it says came from industry lobbyists. The targets are six anti-tobacco bills passed by the Legislature last week. The threats are provocative. But they're also legal. (Adler, 3/14)