Your Constitutional Rights Regarding Signature Gathering 

While we still have the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment, we have the right to collect signatures and leaflet in places that the public is allowed to go such as malls and shopping centers.  Some malls and shopping center managers are under the impression that because their businesses are on private property,  they are above the US Constitution regarding free speech.  As private property owners, they have  rights but they CANNOT prevent you from leafleting and gathering petition signatures.  The attached documents include a letter from both the Twin Cities Police Department and from the Marin County District Attorney's office that instructs police officers not to interfere or arrest those engaged in legal free speech activities.  This document should be in the presence of all who are engaged in this type of activity.  SJCM members have used this document to immediately stop harassment from police,  store owners and shopping center managers.  Click here to download a copy of the document and help educate police officers and private property owners about the First Amendment of the US Constitution and our free speech rights!