11. This prevents trained teams of paid circulators from coming into a state to gather signatures. 12. Further, the circulators employed a steam turbine drive that adds complexity to system operations. 13. Bourassa said Reform Party petition circulators worked fast and furiously to meet today's deadline. 14. Petition circulators assembled new petitions and put the issue on the May 2013 primary election ballot. 15. Hiring paid petition circulators , she said, is a " sign of desperation ." 16. Some petition circulators pled the Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination when called before the elections board. 17. In rural areas, petition circulators often had to drive 30 miles to find enrolled Republicans to sign. 18. About 1, 500 paid circulators set up tables at strip malls and elsewhere collecting signatures on petitions. 19. The Nader campaign said that its circulators were being intimidated and that 30 had quit as a result. 20. Pinal County officials are feeling the sting of what happens when the approach of paid circulators does not work.