With the statewide ban on nearly all public contact, signature gatherers who normally set up their tables at supermarkets, on street corners and at crowded public events will find themselves out of business. And without the signatures, supporters of a variety of ballot measures could find themselves short of qualifying.

It’s a grimmer story for supporters of an effort to allow sports betting at Indian casinos in California. They need just under 1 million valid signatures because the measure is a proposed constitutional amendment, and they are not there yet.

“We are at nearly 1 million signatures and were on a trajectory to reach our goal well ahead of the deadline before the unprecedented orders around COVID-19,” said Jacob Mejia