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Judge rewrites Ref. 74 ballot language

OLYMPIA -- A Thurston County judge rewrote the ballot language for Referendum 74, the ballot measure that will try to overturn the state's new same-sex marriage law if enough signatures are gathered.

Details of Superior Court Judge Thomas McPhee's decision can be found here.

A quick read would suggests the supporters of same-sex marriage, fare better with this wording than the opponents of same-sex marriage who are sponsoring the referendum drive.



Jim Camden
Jim Camden joined The Spokesman-Review in 1981 and retired in 2021. He is currently the political and state government correspondent covering Washington state.

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