Direct Sellers Association v. McBrayer

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• holding that “the requirement that circulators of referendum petitions be qualified electors is a valid exercise of legislative power”
• holding that \the requirement that circulators of referendum petitions be qualified electors is a valid exercise of legislative power\
• explaining that a circulator’s affidavit protects against fraud and corruption in the circulation of initiative petitions (citing Ch. 82, Ariz. Sess. Laws, (House Bill 167) (1953))
• disagreeing that referendum proponents could “amend their petitions to comply with the verification provision” outside the time permitted for initiating the referendum effort because doing so would unreasonably delay the effective date of the referred law
• upholding legislation requiring that circulators of referendum petitions be qualified electors, notwithstanding absence of any constitutional requirement to that effect
• omission in circulator’s affidavit merely destroyed presumption of validity of “signatures appearing on the petitions”

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