Approve 12434
Reject 27848
R-71
Approve 28622
Reject 14450Good for us!
The Secretary of State's office released a breakdown of votes for statewide ballots on the November ballot. Overall, Referendum 71 passed, thereby upholding the domestic-partnership expansion bill, and Initiative 1033 failed, thereby preventing Tim Eyman from decimating the state budget forever. The office's spokesman David Ammons sheds some light on [...]
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Last Thursday, Referendum 71 went into effect. With that, Washington became the first state in the nation to establish new rights for gay and lesbian couples by a vote of the people. R-71, which passed in November, affirmed legislation passed earlier this year in Olympia, giving ... [...]
Slog tipper Kevin points us to the The Falcon Flyer, the Kentlake High School's newspaper, which has a piece on the perils of giving gay people rights:
The recently approved Referendum 71 puts the norms of Washington’s society and culture at risk. Homosexual activists and proponents of the bill welcome [...]
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Since Washington voters approved Referendum 71 on November 3, the state has seen an uptick in registrations of new domestic partners. "There have been an average of 90 registrations a week since the election; the weekly average has traditionally been 35 to 40 new registrations," [...]
