Referendum 71 Signature Check Nearing End
-Empowering Spirits Foundation
The Washington Secretary of State’s office reported today they expect to be done by tomorrow with the signature counting of Referendum 71, an effort to put the new domestic partnership law up to voters to approve or reject. As of Friday night, 129,996 signatures have been checked — 114,583 have been verified and 15,413 have been rejected. That puts the rejection rate at 11.86 percent, lower than the 12.4 percent needed to keep Referendum 71 off the ballot. There are only roughly 8000 signatures left to check.
To track the progress, go to http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/osos/en/initiativesReferenda/Pages/R-71SignatureStats.aspx
