American Petition Consultants

American Petition Consultants was a company that offered signature gathering services to ballot initiative and recall campaigns.^[1]

In 1992, American Petition Consultants was offered $400,000 to turn down work on California Proposition 174 concerning private school vouchers, which appeared on the 1993 ballot and was defeated.^[2] In 1995, American Petition Consultants was hired to collect signatures for a recall campaign that led to California State Assembly member Doris Allen (R) from office.^[3]

See also[edit]

Petition Companies

• Ballot initiative
• Ballot measures cost per required signatures analysis
• Petition drive management companies
• Signature requirements for ballot measures
• Initiative petition signature validity rates
• Initiative petition circulation periods

Footnotes[edit]

	v • e Signature requirements
Signature requirements	Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming
Petition companies	American Petition Consultants • Arno Political Consultants • Bader & Associates, Inc. • Canvasser Services • Capitol Assets • Democracy Direct • Democracy Resources • Discovery Petition Management • FieldWorks • JSM, Inc. • Kimball Petition Management • LAMM Political Partners, LLC • Masterson & Wright • National Ballot Access • National Petition Management • National Solutions • National Voter Outreach • PCI Consultants, Inc.
Terms	Approved for circulation • Initiative petition circulation periods • Circulator • Circulator affidavit • Forged signature • Fraudulent signature • Invalid signature • Paid circulator • Petition • Random sampling • Registered voter • Signature certification • Signer • Signer intent • Valid signature • Volunteer circulator • Signature transcription
Petition drive deadlines	2008 deadlines • 2009 deadlines • 2010 deadlines • 2011 deadlines • 2012 deadlines • 2013 deadlines • 2014 deadlines • 2015 deadlines • 2016 deadlines • 2017 deadlines • 2018 deadlines • 2019 deadlines • 2020 deadlines • 2021 deadlines • 2022 deadlines • 2023 deadlines • 2024 deadlines • 2025 deadlines • 2026 deadlines •
Signature law	States where signature requirements are based on votes cast for governor