Same-sex domestic partnership law: Judge to decide R-71 challenge
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Same-sex domestic partnership law: Judge to decide R-71 challenge
Laws or technicalities? Judge to decide R-71 challenge
Is a requirement that people who sign referendum petitions be registered Washington voters when they sign an important tenet of state law or a "hyper-technicality?" That's one of the questions a King County Superior Court judge must answer as she decides whether to grant an injunction keeping Referendum 71 off the November ballot. R-71 would give voters a chance to overturn the state's new "everything but marriage" same-sex domestic partnership law. On Monday the secretary of state's office said the referendum had enough valid signatures to make the ballot. At almost the same time, attorneys were arguing before Judge Julie Spector about the signature-gathering process. Spector said she would issue her ruling Wednesday morning, the same day the secretary of state is expected to officially certify R-71 for the ballot. More... Laws or technicalities? Judge to decide R-71 challenge |
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