Mass Marriage Amendment Certified/Boston.com

Secretary of state certifies seven initiative petitions
December 20, 2005

BOSTON --Seven ballot questions proposed for the 2006 and 2008 statewide elections have met the required number of signatures and will now be forwarded to the Legislature for its review, Secretary of State William Galvin announced Tuesday.
Six of the questions may appear on next year's ballot. They are related to wine sales in grocery stores, access to health care, ballot choices, a council to oversee home health care, family child care and banning greyhound racing.

The House and Senate have until May to take the action suggested in the questions, or else the questions' supporters will have to gather 10,000 more signatures to ensure they are placed on the fall ballot.

The seventh question would halt gay marriage that has been allowed in Massachusetts since May 2003. The House and Senate will have to approve that question in two successive legislatures for it to go on the 2008 ballot.

Galvin had to count that petitioners gathered 65,825 signatures, with no more than 16,456 from any one county. Local election clerks had previously checked to ensure the names were those of registered voters
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1 Comments:

At 12/22/2005 4:08 AM,  Jesurgislac said...

Local election clerks had previously checked to ensure the names were those of registered voters

But who checked to make sure that the registered voters who signed weren't lied to to get their signature?

If all 65,825 chose to sign knowing what they were doing, how ugly to think that so many citizens of Massachusetts hate lesbians and gays so much they want to take away their right to be married.

 

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