In Washington, the haters wanted to prevent the release of the names of people who signed the petitions to get the anti-gay measure on the ballot. They'd been winning in court -- until yesterday. Via Dominic Holden at The Slog:
The state has won a case to release the names and addresses of people who signed the petitions for Referendum 71, says Washington Attorney General's office spokeswoman Janelle Guthrie, but the signatures will not be immediately released [see updates]. In a short email, she writes, "The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today granted an immediate stay and reversed a lower court’s preliminary injunction blocking the release of Referendum 71 petitions containing the names and addresses of those who signed the measure. The underlying case challenges the state’s public records law as an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment."Approve Referendum 71 is the campaign trying to preserve the state's new law.
