Supporters of measure in Washington may challenge signature counting process
The fate of the Referendum 71 challenge to domestic partner rights in Washington is in the hands of signature checkers at the Office of the Secretary of State. And it appears sponsors of the measure, who want to send new domestic partnership rights to the voters for a second look, say they don’t think they are getting a fair shake. I don’t know the details, but Gary Randall, spokesman for the Protect Marriage Washington campaign that collected signatures for R-71, called me a day late last week for my story about the signature-checking process.