Referendum 71 Count Releases reevised Error Rate To Date - Measure May Make Ballot

The secretary of state released an update Tuesday on the signature check on Referendum 71, the first since Friday. R-71 is the measure seeking to overturn Washington's "everything but marriage" same-sex domestic partner law. Proponents turned in 137,689 signatures - 14 percent more than the minimum. Referendum sponsors need 120,577 valid signatures to earn a place on the November ballot. Election officials have revised how they are reporting signature checks. They are being more cautious now because their initial reports included rejected signatures that were later deemed OK after more scrutiny. David Ammons, secretary of state spokesman, said Tuesday the latest recap includes "only the batches that have been fully vetted by checkers and reviewed and revised by master checkers, shows 33,214 signatures checked, with 3,462 rejected, for a current error rate of 10.42 percent." Full Story from Seattle PI

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