Some Republicans running for the Arizona House and Senate in Legislative District 14 are engaging in a petition signature Pay-2-Play scheme according to the below screenshot posted on the official LD14 Republican GOP social media channels by Chair Andrew Adams. The message starts “Our LD14 State House and Senate candidates will donate money to our district for online petition signatures we collect by Oct 1.” It is relatively common for Democrats to pay hourly or per the signature for petition circulators, but here is the curious part — Adams instructs the PCs: “Here is the link, please sign for all 3!” This is not instructing them to circulate and gather signatures, but that Laurin Hendrix, Warren Petersen, and Andrew Jackson will in fact be paying for the individual PCs to sign for all 3. It is not immediately clear if this is an illegal Pay-2-Play Signature Scheme, or just completely shady and unethical. One PC questioned if this is a violation of the LD14 Bylaws. It appears to be as the LD Chair is clearly taking a position on only these three candidates “Any position the District may take regarding candidates in any Republican primary election
requires a 2/3 vote.”
ARTICLE XI – ENDORSEMENTS, SECTION A – PRIMARY ELECTIONS, Subsection 1. Endorsement by District Officers
In a contested Republican primary election, no elected Officer of the District may claim to speak
on behalf of the Executive Board, Board, or the District in support of a candidate in the Republican
Primary Election unless authorized to do so by a 2/3 vote at a regular District meeting.
Subsection 2. Endorsements by the District
Any position the District may take regarding candidates in any Republican primary election
requires a 2/3 vote.
See the image below:
