Browsed by
Tag: Whosigned.org

R-71 update: Over 11,000 names checked

R-71 update: Over 11,000 names checked

State Election workers, on the second day of checking signatures for Referendum 71, have now processed over 11,000 names, and the campaign’s error rate continues at a low 12.31 percent level. As of close of business Monday, 11,502 signatures have been checked, and 10,087 have been accepted and 1,415 have been rejected, mostly because the person does not show up on the voter rolls.  The supervisor of the initiatives and referendum desk notes that the error rate will vary somewhat from day to day….

Read More Read More

2nd UPDATE: R-71 processing begins, disclosure blocked

2nd UPDATE: R-71 processing begins, disclosure blocked

Sponsors of Referendum 71 have secured a federal court order that will halt, at least temporarily, plans by the state Elections Division to release the names, addresses and signatures of people who signed the R-71 petitions.   As a state election crew began counting R-71 signatures, the campaign group called Protect Washington Families, went to U.S. District Court in Tacoma and got a temporary restraining order that blocks release of the more than 9,000 petition sheets. The referendum sponsors hope to…

Read More Read More

UPDATE: R-71 processing begins, disclosure challenged

UPDATE: R-71 processing begins, disclosure challenged

State election crews have begun counting the signatures submitted by sponsors of Referendum 71, the effort to force a public vote in November on the state’s newly expanded domestic partnership law.  Sponsors, called Protect Washington Families, meanwhile, are taking the state to court to try to block public release of the names of people who signed their petitions. After state Archives completed microfilming of 9,359 petition sheets, about 20 crew members began counting the raw number of voter signatures submitted by…

Read More Read More