Free Paul Jacob
The indictment of our president, Paul Jacob, by the Oklahoma Attorney General on purely political grounds is unwarranted and wrong.
It is no secret that some politicians do not like initiative and referendum. In recent years, state legislatures have attempted to dismantle the initiative and referendum process by imposing pay-per-signature restrictions and residency requirements for petition gatherers. Neither idea makes any sense, but anti-initiative politicians rarely make sense. The attack on Paul Jacob is the first time a politically motivated Attorney General has threatened someone's freedom for helping people petition their government.
Paul Jacob is facing a prison sentence for facilitating Oklahomans right to sign a piece of paper. Paul did not collect signatures from outside of Oklahoma to change Oklahoma law. Paul did not sign the petition to change Oklahoma law. Paul assisted a campaign which hired people, some of whom moved to Oklahoma to make petition signing more accessible to Oklahomans. For allowing more Oklahoma citizens to have a say in their government, Paul is being punished.
It is obvious what Mr. Edmondson is doing. He may not want Paul Jacob in prison but he wants Paul to think long and hard about ever becoming politically active in Oklahoma again. Mr. Edmondson's intentions are clear - unless you want to spend thousands or millions on a legal defense you had better keep your nose out of Oklahoma politics.
Drew Edmondson is nothing more than a school yard bully and we applaud Paul Jacob for standing up to him.
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