Order on petition signers issue
on Oct 20, 2009 at 3:01 pm
UPDATE Thursday p.m. The Ninth Circuit Court on Thursday released an opinion explaining  its ruling — the one that is at issue in this case – that would allow state officials to release the identities of the Refernedum 71 petition signers. (Thanks to Howard Bashman of How Appealing blog for the alert and the link.)
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Over one Justice’s dissent, the Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon blocked officials in Washington State from publicly disclosing the names and addresses of individuals who signed petitions seeking a voter referendum on a new gay rights law. The disclosure will remain blocked until the Supreme Court can act on a coming appeal by sponsors of the referendum, known as Referendum 71. The practical effect is that the ballot measure will go before the state’s voters on Nov. 3 without revelations of who signed the petitions to put it on the ballot. (A post on Monday discussing this dispute can be read here.)
