The anti-common-sense web site stopthefraud.com pretends that all initiative efforts which the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center happens to ideologically dislike—e.g., the 2005 petition drive in Oklahoma to post a Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights on the ballot—are intrinsically fraudulent. But despite their alleged opposition to “fraud,” the BISCquickers are not above lying to smear ideological opponents. [...]

Brandon Holmes of Paul Jacob’s office has advised us of several radio appearances by Paul coming up over the next few days.
Central New Jersey. This Saturday, March 29 at 4:35 p.m. Eastern time, Paul is slated to appear on “Loud and Clear with Kieth Rasmussen” (Talk Radio 1450 WCTC) to discuss eminent domain abuse for [...]

Paul Jacob’s recent visits with bloggers in Tennessee, as part of his “Save the Initiative Tour,” found several bloggers willing to help spread the word of what’s happening to the First Amendment in Oklahoma.
Don’t miss this detailed and very favorable new post at the Blue Collar Muse blog about the persecution of the Oklahoma 3. [...]

The case of the Target photographer leaves one to wonder what Oklahoma is putting in its judges’ water, and we were pleased today to see that the Oklahoma Political News Service picked up on the story. This story may be even more dismaying than the fact that Oklahoma authorities want to put Paul Jacob and [...]

How do representatives of a contemporary American state government rationalize a sweeping assault on petition rights guaranteed in that state’s own constitution?
The FreePaulJacob.com site has posted several recent court filings in the appeal by Yes on Term Limits of Oklahoma’s unconstitutional ban on “out-of-state” petition circulators. Paul Jacob, Susan Johnson, and Rick Carpenter (the “Oklahoma [...]

Don’t miss Cybercast News Service’s great piece detailing the unjust prosecution of the Oklahoma 3. The in-depth article is entitled, “Tax-Control Advocates May Go to Jail in Oklahoma.”
Reporter Peter Winn presents a fair and balanced account of the overwhelming evidence that the “OK 3″ did nothing wrong—and in so doing, shows that AG Drew Edmondson’s [...]

After the hearing in Oklahoma City to schedule the preliminary hearing in the anti-First-Amendment prosecution launched by the Oklahoma attorney general, the Oklahoma Political News Service interviewed Paul Jacob about the case.
Paul Jacob, along with Susan Johnson, and Rick Carpenter, now called the “Oklahoma 3,” have been indicted on felony charges of violating Oklahoma’s statute [...]

State Rep. Mike Reynolds (R-Oklahoma City) has asked Gov. Brad Henry to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate possible illegal transactions by Attorney General Drew Edmondson’s campaign committee.
Rep. Reynolds, one of the state lawmakers who attended the rally in support of the Oklahoma 3 preceding their reindictment in January, says that Edmondson made $1,900 of [...]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth District ruled today that an Ohio statute restricting how people gathering petition signatures can be paid is unconstitutional.
The court upheld the district court ruling in a case brought against the law by Citizens for Tax Reform. The law prohibits petition-circulators from being paid by any means other [...]