An extraordinary incident unfolded in the state of Oklahoma on Oct. 2. Three individuals were arrested, shackled and arraigned. Their crime: trying to curb the spending excesses of Sooner State politicians. They were accused of violating an arcane and certainly unconstitutional law that imposes restrictions on who can circulate petitions in the state
Read More...The case of Paul Jacob, the petitioner from the Chicago based Sam Adams Alliance, is the lead editorial in the Wall Street Journal today.
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Read More...Grass Roots political organizer Paul Jacobs, the Senior Advisor at the Sam Adams Foundation, has been indicted on charges related to his work leading a petition drive in Oklahoma. Jacobs is charged with a felony of conspiring against the State of Oklahoma in collecting signatures in favor of a Taxpayer Bill of Rights by an out of state resident. After 300,000 signatures were gathered by Jacobs and others, signatures removed by the Oklahoma Supreme Court keeping the petition from making it to a ballot.
Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson has handed down the indictment to Jacobs and two other political organizers stating “Oklahoma law requires anyone who circulates a petition be a qualified elector, that means a U.S. citizen over the age of 18 and a resident of Oklahoma.” Edmondson charged that the petitioners “came into the state with the intent to leave the state ... Read More...
