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Friday, June 16, 2006 Hearing begins on TABOR challenge
Group questioned about paid petitioners and 120,000 signatures
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) (excerpt) An attorney told an Oklahoma Supreme Court referee today that he'll present evidence to throw out more than 120-thousand signatures on a petition seeking to limit state government spending.
The petition calls for a statewide vote on the so-called taxpayer-bill-of-rights initiative petition. The plan is commonly referred to as TABOR and would restrict increases in government spending to a combination of inflation and population growth.
Attorney Kent Myers says at least 50-thosuand signatures should be thrown out because those signing are not registered to vote in Oklahoma.
And he says thousands of others are invalid _ including many that he says were gathered by "professional" out-of-state circulators and were not properly notarized.
Posted at 6/16/2006 08:29:00 AM
 
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