Shrinking referendum 71 cushion making extreme right wing activists nervous
August 19, 2009
Examiner Joe Mirabella
The cushion for the extreme right wing activists working to reject the domestic partnership expansion bill shrunk below 1% today. The rejection rate claimed slightly higher to 11.64% as the duplicate signature rate continues to climb.
As their margin of error shrinks, and their hope to discriminate against Washington families dims, the extreme right wing activists went on the defensive yesterday trying to cast doubt on the entire process. However, they offered no proof to back up their claims.
Meanwhile 5,839 families anxiously await the signature verification process to conclude so they can learn the fate of their basic rights.
120,557 signatures must be valid for referendum 71 to make the ballot. If it does qualify those 5,839 families will have to vote to approve referendum 71 to preserve the domestic partnership law.
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Signatures |
Rejection Reasons |
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Signatures in Volumes |
Accepted |
Rejected |
Registration Not Found |
Signature Image Pending |
No Match |
Duplicate |
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Latest Totals |
79,195 |
69,949 |
9,246 |
7,805 |
38 |
700 |
703 |
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100% |
88.33% |
11.67% |
9.86% |
0.05% |
0.88% |
0.89% |
