Deputy Solicitor General Jim Pharris has put forth the state’s arguments for why the names of those who signed petitions for Referendum 71 should be made public.
Pharris filed the paperwork Friday. A copy is attached.
Protect Marriage Washington is seeking to keep all the names and addresses confidential. On July 29, a federal judge granted its request for a temporary restraining order and set a Sept. 3 date for a hearing on whether to extend it or not.
What Pharris filed was in response to the group’s initial 500-plus page court filing. You can read some of that document at my earlier post. on this case.
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