[Platform] errata

[BillCunningham]

On reading over what I just sent out, I saw that I had not completed the text under the two legal citations. The full text there shoud read:

Walsh v Secretary of the Commonwealth, SJC-07986.
In 1999, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that any extraneous markings, doodles, margin notes or stains will automatically invalidate petition sheets for state ballot questions.  IN PRACTICE this means that, to minimize potential losses, you should use more sheets rather than filling each one up with 36 signatures.

Batchelder v. Allied Stores Int'l, Inc., 445 N.E.2d 590, 595 (Mass. 1983)
In 1983, the SJC determined that individuals could gather signatures for electoral purposes at private shopping centers—but petitioning must be “reasonable in time, place, and manner."  IN PRACTICE this means that you should contact the manager of a supermarket to arrange a mutaully agreeable time rather than just showing up.


Bill Cunningham