Washington State Petition Error Rate Closes on 12%

As the prospect of qualifying a referendum that seeks to repeal a gay-inclusive domestic partnership law in Washington State began to dim Thursday, supporters of the measure cried foul. Opponents of the domestic partnership law – dubbed the “everything but marriage” law by the media – submitted 137,689 signatures on July 25 to qualify Referendum 71, which if passed in November would repeal the law. But that was much lower than the 150,000 signatures suggested by state officials who say error rates run about 18 percent on average. The cumulative error rate for Referendum 71 was initially very high, prompting one lawmaker to say he believed the measure would not make the ballot. Full Story from On Top

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