Federal Judge Orders Petition Names Released

In what is one of the final issues remaining from the Referendum 71 battle of 2009, US district judge Benjamin Settle has ruled that public disclosure laws apply and that the names of those who signed the referendum petition must be released as a matter of public record.

For $15 a DVD containing the names of those who signed R-71 petitions can be obtained by contacting the State Archives at (360) 586-1492 or research@sos.wa.gov, as detailed at http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/10/17/make-public-anti-gay-petitions-federal-judge