Please Veto SB 154: criminalizes the initiative process

SB 154 (2013) transforms all violations of election laws and rules by an initiative, referendum, or recall campaign that pays its circulators into the felony of false swearing under ORS 260.715(1), with penalties per violation of $125,000 and/or five years in prison. It allows the government to criminally prosecute those who seek change through ballot measures if anyone working on the campaign makes any minor error, such as hand-correcting the date on a petition. It gives the government far too much power to destroy direct democracy.