Washington's Anti Gay Ref 71 Signature Error Rate Increases

More than 58,000 Referendum 71 signatures have been checked as of Friday, the secretary of state's office reports. R-71 is the measure seeking to overturn Washington's "everything but marriage" same-sex domestic partner law. The new signature total is 58,493 checked, said David Ammons, secretary of state spokesman. "That total includes 51,645 signatures accepted and 6,378 rejected – 5,502 because they weren't found in the statewide voter registration database, 30 with signature images pending from the voter's home county, 501 where the petition signature doesn't match the one on file, and 345 duplicates," Ammons said. Full Story from Seattle PI

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