Tim Eyman

Tim Eyman is a “professional initiative promoter” in Washington state and has been promoting and profiting from initiatives since the late 1990s, starting his career by helping to pass Ward Connerly’s initiative to outlaw equal opportunity programs.

Mark Jacoby

Mark Jacoby is a professional signature gatherer that owns Young Political Majors (YPM), a petition circulation company that has been accused of wrong-doing in several states. While still in his 20s, Jacoby has already succeeded in being charged with multiple crimes related to election fraud.

Arno Political Consultants

Arno is known as one of the largest and most successful signature gathering firms in the country. Despite their impressive client list and years of experience, Arno is also known for something else: illegalities in their signature gathering practices.

Tim Mooney

Tim Mooney is a former partner of ARNO Consulting, which has been accused of ballot fraud in multiple states. Mooney is the national coordinator for Save Our Secret (SOS) Ballot and has been specifically cited as in charge of their signature gathering efforts.

Bill Sizemore

One can't talk about the Oregon initiative system without mentioning "racketeer" Bill Sizemore. This particular initiative fraudster makes his living off of direct democracy and since the 1990's, Sizemore and his anti-government, anti-union allies have dominated Oregon's initiative system.

Sizemore's record of pushing policy gimmicks to starve state priorities is outdone only by the "$2.5 million racketeering judgment" against him.

National Ballot Access

Reports from a number of states indicate that Ward Connerly's paid signature gatherer, Edee Baggett, is up to her old tricks. In a manner eerily similar to what was witnessed in Michigan during the 2006 cycle, complaints are already being filed alleging that voters have been tricked by National Ballot Access into signing Connerly's so-called "civil rights initiative."

National Voter Outreach

With rampant cases of fraud and forgery throughout the years leading to investigations, lawsuits and disqualifications, this firm has been a leader in cultivating deceptive signature gathering practices.

Howie Rich

Howie Rich is back at it again, threatening a wide range of progressive organizations.

Paul Jacob

In 2007 a multi-county grand jury in Oklahoma indicted Jacob and two others for their involvement in the 2005 petition drive to put the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) initiative on the ballot.

Ward Connerly

Ward Connerly, who's leading the charge to eliminate affirmative action programs, has allegedly been paid millions of dollars by lucrative contracting firms who stand to benefit directly from these civil rights rollbacks.

JSM Inc.

JSM Inc, a signature gathering firm based in Florida, used deception and forgery in multiple states to qualify Ralph Nader for the ballot in 2004, and is frequently hired as a subcontractor by Arno Political Consultants and National Voter Outreach.