After weighing ballot language challenges filed by both opponents and proponents of Washington’s civil marriage equality law, Thurston County Superior Court Judge Thomas McPhee has finalized the wording of Referendum 74. His decision cannot be appealed. The finalized ballot language, which is more neutral than originally proposed by the Attorney General and marriage-equality opponents, reads: [...]

Today the office of Washington’s Attorney General released the ballot language for Referendum 74, the measure challenging the state’s new marriage equality law. This is just the first step in the process of finalizing the language. Now begins a 5-day period where anyone objecting to the language can file an appeal in Thurston County Superior [...]

Ballots for Washington’s November 3rd general election get mailed to voters in 6 weeks.  After reading the latest installment of the Referendum 71 saga, I think you’ll agree that we need to press full steam ahead preparing voters to APPROVE Referendum 71. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Thomas McPhee ruled Tuesday that signatures on referendum [...]