Today’s R71 update: Interested in seeing how the signatures for R71 are being counted?

The Secretary of State’s Office is still counting signatures — now they’ve got more than half counted, and will release new figures later this afternoon. Wonder how the counting is done? The Secretary of State’s Office blog, From Our Corner, put up this video, produced by Christina Siderius, about the process:

Go here to read the rest.

In other news, the office has submitted an argument that R71 signer names should be a public record. Read about that here.

And Pete Callaghan at The News Tribune reported today that the sponsors of R71 are accusing Sam Reed of caving to the “homosexual lobby.” They say speeding up the signature count leads to a higher rate of denied signatures, which lessens their chance of getting R71 to the ballot.

Stay tuned. As a reminder, R71 supporters want to put to vote the domestic partnership expansion law the Legislature passed this session. If it goes to a vote, a “yes” vote would affirm the Legislature and Governor’s efforts. A “no” vote would repeal.

Update: The Secretary of State’s Office and Elections Division have responded to claims that they’re messing up the count. Go here to read the full rebuttal.

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