I have spoken with several persons who in recent weeks have been approached by people in front of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, the K Street Mall, and other locations who seem to be using Obama campaign materials, or even petitions for a women's shelter, to lure people to sign a petition. Once they sign the petition or "sign up", they are asked to sign ANOTHER petition for backing Johnson's strong mayor campaign. While it's not technically illegal to bundle petitions together like this, it just seems really backhanded and shady. Too bad that people have to use "tactics" like this to get petition signatures.
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I have spoken with several persons who in recent weeks have been approached by people in front of the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, the K Street Mall, and other locations who seem to be using Obama campaign materials, or even petitions for a women's shelter, to lure people to sign a petition. Once they sign the petition or "sign up", they are asked to sign ANOTHER petition for backing Johnson's strong mayor campaign. While it's not technically illegal to bundle petitions together like this, it just seems really backhanded and shady. Too bad that people have to use "tactics" like this to get petition signatures.