Tuesday, July 5, 2011

California doesn't allow electronic signatures on petitions

Court: Citizens Can't Sign Initiative Petitions with Electronic Signatures

A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal ruled in San Francisco Thursday that the state [California] elections code doesn't allow electronic signatures on petitions. The panel said it would be up to the Legislature to decide on whether to change the law.

Electronic signing of petitions would be a good thing across the United States.  It allows petition access to much more people, and isn't the views of the jurisdiction's people what is important for the issue at hand?

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