Court Opinion

ID: 9596871
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:53:49.955714+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:42:55.863722
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DENECKE, J.,
dissenting in part.
I dissent' from' that part of the majority 'decision affirming the convictions of defendants Campf and ■Collins. I concur with -Mr. Chief Justice O’Connell’s .specially concurring opinion that the terms of -the contract do not provide beyond a,reasonable doubt that Campf and. Collins - knew or intended that Campbell .would pay persons who circulated petitions. •
I alscr concur with that part of the Chief Justice’s *101opinion that the statute would not he in violation of Art IY, § 1, if it were construed to prohibit all payment of compensation to persons who undertake to organize or administer an initiative or referendum campaign. However, I do not believe that is the most reasonable interpretation of the statute; therefore, I cannot adopt the Chief Justice’s reasoning in affirming the convictions of Campf and Collins.