Initiative & Referendum Institute v. Jaeger

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The appellants — Initiative & Referendum Institute, John Michael, Ralph Muecke, Progressive Campaigns, Americans for Sound Public Policy, and U.S. Term Limits, Inc. — sought a declaratory judgment to have two provisions of the North Dakota initiated measure and referendum laws declared unconstitutional as violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The appellants challenge the requirement that' all those who circulate petitions must be North Dakota residents and the prohibition of payment of petition cir-culators on a “per signature,” or commission, basis. The…