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R-71 update: Friday night and nearly 131,000 sigs checked

R-71 update: Friday night and nearly 131,000 sigs checked

The latest signature update for Referendum 71 shows that virtually 130,000 signatures have been reviewed, with well over 114,000 of them being accepted.  About 4,300 signatures have been counted since Thursday’s update, bringing the cumulative total to 129,996 checked signatures. Of this total, 114,583 have been accepted and 15,413 have been rejected for one reason or another. The overall error rate is now 11.86 percent, a shade above the 11.81 percent reported Thursday. In order to make the November statewide…

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5 Questions about R-71: Suits and shifts

5 Questions about R-71: Suits and shifts

Friday greetings,  fervent check followers! We’re kick-starting your weekend discussions today in 5 Questions, where our team talks you through your R-71 check questions.  It’s all shifts and suits (though not the pinstripe kind) … Q) Why does the recent lawsuit say that the Secretary of State accepted signatures on petitions that were not certified by the petition circulator? One of the key points made in the lawsuit filed Thursday by Washington Families Standing Together against the Secretary of State is…

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5 Questions about the R-71 check: Still scratching your head?

5 Questions about the R-71 check: Still scratching your head?

Are you dreaming about signature checks yet? No?! Then get ready for our team to talk you through your R-71 signature check question in our daily “5 Questions” post. You’re scratching your head about the jumble of numbers and knowing what you’re voting for … but not for long … Q) When is the check going to end? It seems like it has been going on for a long time … A) The end is right around the corner! Our…

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R-71 update: 103,000 signatures approved

R-71 update: 103,000 signatures approved

The latest signature update for Referendum 71 shows that signature checkers have approved more than 103,000 signatures. Nearly 7,000 signatures have been counted since Tuesday’s update, bringing the cumulative total to 117,069 checked signatures. Of this total, 103,198 have been accepted and 13,871 have been rejected for one reason or another. The overall error rate is now 11.85 percent, just a little up from the 11.81 percent reported Tuesday. In order to make the November statewide ballot, the referendum’s overall…

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R-71 update: More than 110,000 names checked

R-71 update: More than 110,000 names checked

Exactly one month after the Referendum 71 petitions were delivered to the Office of Secretary of State, the latest update shows that signature checkers have reviewed over 110,000 signatures. More than 6,000 signatures have been counted since the Monday update, bringing the cumulative total to 110,288 checked signatures. Of this total, 97,261 have been accepted and 13,027 rejected for one reason or another. The overall error rate is now 11.81 percent, up slightly from the 11.72 percent reported Monday. The R-71…

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5 Questions about the R-71 check: What you’re asking

5 Questions about the R-71 check: What you’re asking

Thanks for being so curious about the ins and outs of signature checking. We’ve been getting tons of questions from you on the blog about the ongoing R-71 check. Our team will talk with you about these inquiries in a daily “5 Questions” post.  Today’s topics: The third check, database dates and policies, oh my! Q) How long do you wait to do the third and final check? A) The third check – the final step that checks to catch any recent voter…

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R-71: Checking and rechecking …

R-71: Checking and rechecking …

As previously noted, there are two wrinkles in locking down the final count for each of the Referendum 71 volumes of petition signature. One is that dozens of signatures are temporarily put in the reject pile while the voter’s home county is asked to send an electronic signature that can be used to compare with the petition signatures. Many of those are eventually added to the “accepted” pile. The other involves a check of signatures rejected because they weren’t found…

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R-71: Thursday error rate nudges to 15 percent

R-71: Thursday error rate nudges to 15 percent

Referendum checkers, beefing up their efforts to determine whether R-71 gets a place on the statewide ballot, have processed another 3,831 signatures, bringing the total to over 27,000 checked so far. The latest daily count reflected an rejection rate approaching 15 percent.  The state Election Division crew rejected 573 signatures, mostly because the signers weren’t registered Washington voters, for a daily error rate of 14.96 percent. That was the highest daily error rate recorded in the first five days of signature-verification, and…

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