R-71 update: Signature count tops 100,000
The Referendum 71 signature verification process has reached a milestone: Signature checkers have surpassed the 100,000 signature mark . The cumulative total is now nearly 104,000 checked signatures and just over 12,000 rejected for one reason or another. The overall error rate is 11.72 percent, barely up from 11.68 percent, which we reported Friday. In order to make the November statewide ballot, the referendum’s overall rejection rate must not go over 12.4 percent. Here are the latest totals: 103,898 checked,…