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• Justices: Names can be released

    June 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Round One in the fight over names on initiative petitions goes to Washington state, and to other states like Idaho that have similar laws. The U.S. Supreme Court … 3

• High court: Petitioners’ names can be released

    June 24, 2010 in City Round One in the fight over names on initiative petitions goes to Washington state, and to other states such as Idaho that have similar laws. 17

• Domestic partnership measure approved by voters

  November 5, 2009 in City Washington voters have approved the state’s new “everything but marriage” law, expanding rights for domestic partners and marking the first time any state’s voters have approved a gay equality measure … 13

• Group wants to hide donors in R-71 campaign

  October 22, 2009 in City A political action committee opposed to Washington state’s expanded partnerships for gay couples has sued in federal court, arguing it should be exempt from the state’s campaign finance laws. 15

• High court blocks release of R-71 names

  October 20, 2009 in City The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who signed referendum petitions to bring expanded rights for gay couples up for … 30

• Justice blocks release of R-71 petition names

  October 20, 2009 in City on Page A6 WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who signed a ballot measure on gay rights. Kennedy’s ruling Monday …

• Justice blocks names in gay rights ballot measure

  October 19, 2009 in City Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has temporarily blocked Washington state officials from releasing the names of people who signed a ballot measure on gay rights. 6

• Court OKs release of R-71 petitions

  October 16, 2009 in City on Page A8 SEATTLE – Washington’s secretary of state can release the names and addresses of people who signed petitions calling for a public vote on the state’s expanded benefits for domestic partners, …

• 9th Circuit lifts ban on release of R-71 petitions

  October 15, 2009 in City Washington’s secretary of state can release the names and addresses of people who signed petitions calling for a public vote on the state’s expanded benefits for domestic partners, a federal … 2

• Wash. to appeal judge’s decision on R-71 signers

  September 11, 2009 in City The state attorney general said Friday he is appealing a federal judge’s decision to keep secret the names of people who signed petitions supporting Referendum 71, which calls for a … 2

• R-71 supporter signatures remain shielded

  September 11, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – A federal judge Thursday ordered the state of Washington to keep shielding the identities of people who signed petitions to force a vote on expanded benefits for gay …

• Judge blocks release of petitions for R-71

  September 10, 2009 in Region OLYMPIA — A federal judge in Tacoma is shielding the identities of people who signed petitions to force a statewide vote on expanded benefits for gay couples. 2

• Tacoma judge may release names of R-71 signers

  September 10, 2009 in City A federal judge in Tacoma may decide today whether the public can see the names of people who signed Referendum 71. That’s the measure on the November ballot that could … 4

• Judge rejects R-71 lawsuit

  September 3, 2009 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – Secretary of State Sam Reed may have accepted tens of thousands of invalid signatures before he certified a November referendum on expanding domestic partnership benefits, a King County …

• King County judge rejects challenge to R-71

  September 2, 2009 in City SEATTLE — Secretary of State Sam Reed may have accepted tens of thousands of invalid signatures before he certified a November referendum on expanding domestic partnership benefits, a King County …

• Gay partnership referendum makes ballot

  August 31, 2009 in City OLYMPIA — Expanded domestic partnerships for same-sex couples could face a public vote after Washington officials ruled that referendum sponsors have enough voter support to force a referendum on the … 3

• Wash. gay partnership foes try to shield signers

  July 29, 2009 in City State officials won’t resist a temporary restraining order that would block public release of petition signatures for a gay-partnership referendum. 2

• Wash. gay partnership foes turn in signatures

  July 25, 2009 in City Sponsors of a campaign to overturn the state’s “everything but marriage” domestic partnership law turned in their petition signatures Saturday and said they believe they have enough to force a … 1