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Some complain about initiative signature gathering

By The Associated Press

Story Created: Mar 18, 2010 at 2:59 PM MST

Story Updated: Mar 18, 2010 at 2:59 PM MST

HELENA - Secretary of State Linda McCulloch says the start of the initiative process has led to complaints over the way signatures are being gathered.

McCulloch says she is sending a letter to each of the 13 sponsors of ballot initiatives this year reminding them all of the rules. She says she is specifically pointing out that signature gatherers must be Montana residents, and they can't be paid based on the number of signatures gathered.

The commissioner of political practices says he was told of complaints that signature gatherers may be misrepresenting a ballot initiative, didn't have a copy of the initiative they were touting and could be from out of state.

But officials say none of the individual complaints appeared to warrant enforcement action at this point.

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