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UPDATE: R-71 headed to November statewide ballot

UPDATE: R-71 headed to November statewide ballot

Unofficial and incomplete figures from the state Elections Division shows Referendum 71 with sufficient signatures to make the Nov. 3 General Election ballot in Washington.  It could be the narrowest margin ever for qualifying for the ballot. Sponsors,  a campaign group called Protect Marriage Washington, submitted nearly 138,00o signatures on July 25, needing 120,577 to secure a ballot spot.  As of Monday evening, after all signatures were checked, state checkers accepted 121,617 signatures  — a pad of 1,040 signatures. That…

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R-71 update: Almost 111,000 signatures approved

R-71 update: Almost 111,000 signatures approved

The latest signature update for Referendum 71 indicates that well over 125,000 signatures have been reviewed, with almost 111,000 of them being accepted. About 8,500 signatures have been counted since Wednesday’s update, bringing the cumulative total to 125,631 checked signatures. Of this total, 110,797 have been accepted and 14,834 have been rejected for one reason or another. The overall error rate is now 11.81 percent, barely down from the 11.85 percent reported Wednesday. In order to make the November statewide ballot,…

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