JSM Inc.

JSM Inc., is a signature gathering firm based in Florida, started by Jenny Breslin. Often working as a subcontractor for either Arno Consulting or National Voter Outreach. Multiple states have reported fraud and forgery associated with the collection of those signatures, including 2008 reports from Arizona that allege serious impropriety was not only permitted, but encouraged.

2008

• Arizona. Circulating the Ward Connerly civil rights roll back, an affirmative action ban. Jenny Breslin served as a subcontractor on all the initiatives handled by Petition Partners. She also contracted on the Arizona Civil Rights Initiative. ("Citizen Initiatives...Kicked Off The Ballot...in Record Numbers...and Problems...Go Much Deeper than Invalid Signatures," Phoenix New, August 19, 2008)

2007

• California. Circulators working for JSM were discovered circulating an initiative to change the way the electoral college were awarded.  These circulators were staking out a table in Los Angeles' Skid Row, offering the homeless bags of chips and sodas in return for their signature on the petition.  Although JSM denied these charges, voter registration cards issued from that location were traced back to JSM by the Secretary of State.  ("Homeless Given Food to Sign Ballot Petitions," Los Angeles Downtown News, November 5, 2007)

2006

• Nevada. JSM was a subcontractor hired by Arno Political Consultants to circulate TASC petitions (TASC was the Nevada version of what was being circulated as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights in other states). The circulation of TASC in Nevada led to an affidavit from a circulator who stated that he and approximately 100 others attended a "fraud party" over Memorial Day Weekend where they were taught how to copy signatures onto their petitions and ways to avoid detection. Other cases of signature fraud were highlighted by the group opposing TASC including cases where the same person signed more than once, where multiple names were in identical handwriting, where signers' addresses didn't match their names or where petitions weren't properly notarized. ("TASC Opponents Seek Investigation." Las Vegas Review Journal. August 23, 2006)
• Pennsylvania. Hired illegally by Rick Santorum and Republican Party through the Green Party to gather signatures for Green Party

2004

• Arizona. JSM was hired by Ralph Nader to circulate petitions in Arizona where election officials discovered that JSM illegally used a convicted felon to collect signatures. ("Kerry Should Hold Nader Close, Not Push Him Away," New York Times, July 22, 2004)
• Ohio. Ralph Nader hires JSM, Inc to circulate petitions in Ohio for his presidential run leading to widespread accounts of fraudulent petition sheets and the illegal use out-of-state circulators. ("Six Testify Against Nader Petition Fraud," The Enquirer (Cincinnati), September 22, 2004)
• West Virginia. A lawsuit was filed against JSM, the company Ralph Nader hired to circulate petitions, claiming JSM violated state election laws by not displaying credentials that would identify them as seeking signatures for Nader; failing to inform voters of the petition's purpose; displaying the petition in a way that failed to show it was for Nader; and refusing, delaying or giving inconsistent or misleading answers to questions from those who signed the petition. At least 20 complaints were filed with Manchin's office during July and August regarding the deceptive tactics used by Nader's petition circulators. Jenny Breslin, President of JSM Inc, attributed problems to a misunderstanding of local rules. ("Nader Expected to Gain Spot on W.Va. Ballot," Associated Press, August 18, 2004.)

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