SB 153 would also change some of the rules for people who sign petitions. Signers would need to be registered at their current address the day they sign the petition—not just by the time signatures are submitted.

“One of the things I love about signature campaigns is it’s an opportunity to register more people,” Turcer said. “It’s also an opportunity to remind people why it’s important to vote.”

Her reading of SB 153 is that campaigns would need to register someone one day and circle back a week or so later to sign the petition. She called that task “highly improbable.”

“And it would be such a pain in the neck for the board of elections,” Turcer added.

But Brenner said it’s about “having skin in the game… Why should someone who isn’t a registered voter push for a ballot initiative if they themselves haven’t even bothered to register to vote?”

Funny, I would think that anyone who lives there and is subject to the law would have skin in the game.

But of course, that explanation is bullshit. They already need to be registered for the signature to count, the only difference is that right now they can register and sign a petition on the same day.

And let’s not forget how much Republicans also love making it harder to register to vote. This all fits that same pattern of trying to prevent we the people from having a say in how we are governed.