By Howard Fischer | Arizona Capit0l Times
A judge on Thursday ruled that dozens of people who circulated petitions to boost the minimum wage were not legally qualified to do so.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joshua Rogers said Arizona law requires residents from other states and those who are collecting signatures for pay to register with the secretary of state’s office. More to the point, that registration must have an address where someone raising questions about petitions can find them and, if necessary, serve them with legal papers.
These circulators had not complied. That, in turn, means none of the signatures they collected can be counted.
