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• Judge orders release of petitioners’ names

  October 17, 2011 in City OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The 138,000 people who signed petitions to force a vote on a 2009 domestic partnership law are unlikely to face harassment if their names are disclosed … 36

• Assisted suicide initative foes lose U.S. Supreme Court appeal

  February 23, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – The U.S. Supreme Court answered once and for all Tuesday whether a conservative group can hide the names of donors to a campaign against an assisted suicide initiative. …

• Judge: Public release of petition names would make case moot

  August 12, 2010 in City on Page A6 TACOMA – A federal judge ruled Wednesday that signed petitions calling for a state vote on expanded domestic partnerships for gay couples are barred from public release while he hears …

• Domestic partners petition names shielded for now

  August 11, 2010 in City Signed petitions calling for a public vote on expanded domestic partnerships for gay couples will remain shielded from public view while a federal judge hears new arguments on whether to … 25

• 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

• Petition privacy case opens to skepticism

  April 29, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices from the left and the right expressed skepticism Wednesday at a conservative religious group’s argument that Washington state should keep secret the names of 138,500 … 4

• Court skeptical on keeping signers’ names private

  April 28, 2010 in City Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical today about keeping secret the names of people who signed a petition to repeal Washington state’s gay rights law, suggesting citizens cannot always hide behind … 24

• Idaho watching R-71 signature case

  April 27, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho has much at stake in Washington’s big U.S. Supreme Court case over whether referendum petition signatures should be public. “Our initiative and referendum statute is very similar …

• Referendum 71 signature case pits privacy, disclosure

  April 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a Washington state case in which religious conservatives fear retaliation from gay rights groups if the names of the … 5

• U.S. high court to take up referendum signatures case

  January 16, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the names of Washington voters who sign a petition to put a law on the ballot can be made public. The … 2

• 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

• Bill of rights, I-1033 dead; R-71 ahead

  November 4, 2009 in City on Page A1 Voters seemed wary Tuesday of ballot measures that would cost them money or mandate too much change. In Washington, they turned thumbs down to Initiative 1033, which would have imposed … 3

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  Jail sales tax, I-1033 fail; R-71 favored

  November 4, 2009 in City on Page A1 Voters seemed wary Tuesday of ballot measures that would cost them money or mandate too much more change. Kootenai County voters shot down a pair of ballot measures that would … 19

• Campaigners count down to Tuesday

  November 1, 2009 in City on Page B1 Washington voters who have yet to turn in their ballots – and based on the latest figures, that’s most of us – have some interesting choices to make between now … 13

• State, local issues drive Tuesday’s vote

  October 31, 2009 in City Washington voters who have yet to turn in their ballots – and based on the latest figures, that’s most of us – have some interesting choices to make between now … 8

• Gay-partnership foes challenge campaign laws

  October 27, 2009 in City Opponents of stronger legal partnerships for gay couples must abide by Washington state’s campaign finance laws while a lawsuit challenging those laws’ constitutional footing moves ahead, a federal judge ruled … 2

• Editorial: Petition signers help to create legislation

  October 27, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 It looks as if the fate of Referendum 71 will be decided long before a final decision is made on whether to release the names of the more than 120,000 … 2

• 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. 8

• 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

• Appeals court to hear R-71 disclosure case

  September 22, 2009 in Region OLYMPIA — State lawyers will travel to California to argue that petitions for Referendum 71 should be made public.

• 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

• Partner benefits closer to vote

  September 9, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – A judge on Tuesday refused to block a public vote on expanded domestic partnership benefits for gay couples in Washington state. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Thomas McPhee …

• 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 …

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