CALL TO ACTION R-71 IN DANGER!

August 18, 2009 - I write you today with deep concerns as we anxiously await the final count for Referendum 71. With 72,976 of the 138,000 signatures now processed as of Tuesday evening, our cumulative error rate has edged upward to 11.32 percent.  I am sounding the alarm to prayer and action as the rate has risen dramatically since the Secretary of State made the decision to speed up the process!  
 
Prior to the addition of a second shift and added checkers and master checkers, we were cruising along at a remarkably steady rate of about 10.3%. For the past several days, however, we have seen a marked uptick in our rate of invalidated signatures (we need to maintain a signature invalidation rate of less that 12.4% to qualify for the ballot in November).

A number of counting policy and procedure changes have been implemented in recent days by the Secretary of State to increase the daily counts, several of which we protested with limited success. I've been told by the Secretary of State's representatives that the count needed to be accelerated due to an anticipated lawsuit(s) from either side and the limited time between now and the November election.
 
As the signature checkers and master checkers settle into the new hurry-up pace, it appears that R-71 is now in danger of not qualifying  for the ballot unless something is done quickly to slow these folks down enough to regain the quality checking/validation process that had occurred in the earlier days of the count.
 
As is the case with any production work or assembly line, when you speed up the process too much, the quality of the work often deteriorates. It is a reality that we need to finish the R-71 count soon.  We do not, however, need to move so quickly that valid signatures are discarded in the hurry to avoid an anticipated lawsuit from those who oppose R-71. 
 
BIAS A FACTOR?
 
Let me be clear that the Secretary of State and his employees are working under enormous scrutiny and pressure, mostly from the homosexual lobby's observation team and the militant homosexual bloggers. Human beings the world over tend to take the path of least resistance. Conservatives do not often prevail in close races in Washington because they cannot match the pressure generated by the left and they rarely control the counting apparatus. 
 
The liberal culture of Olympia itself may end up a factor in the R-71 count as many of Sam Reed's employees appear to be quite liberal themselves, and it is no secret that Sam Reed has been an avid supporter of the homosexual's domestic partnerships agenda.  It has been reported to me time and time again by our observation team members that several of the Secretary of State's employees appear to be sympathetic and overly chummy with the observers and representatives of the homosexual lobby.
 
I'm asking for your prayers. Please pray for Sam Reed and the public servants he employs, that they have the integrity to carry out their duties on the R-71 count in the fairest possible manner as they are duty bound to serve ALL of the citizens of Washington.  
 

Our opponents do not want R-71 on the ballot in November because they know that when the people get the opportunity, they will vote in favor of traditional marriage! As the homosexuals  continue to get their way with the Secretary of State's office, their message has been to HURRY UP! The pressure is on the Secretary of State to invalidate as many signatures as possible and to keep the homosexual activists happy! 

 

SLOW DOWN SAM!
 
PLEASE SEND THIS URGENT MESSAGE FAR AND WIDE! Tell everyone you know (especially those who signed R71) to let Sam Reed know that we want all of the signatures carefully checked.  He owes it to the people of Washington State.  
 
Both phone calls and  e-mails to Sam Reed are needed NOW!:  (ph) 360-902-4151 or e-mail   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
Additionally, please leave your comments on the Secretary of State's R-71 blog at: http://blogs.secstate.wa.gov/FromOurCorner/
 
Larry Stickney, Campaign Manager
Protect Marriage Washington
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Mission

The mission of the new PAC is to organize the effort to gather the 120,577 required signatures for Referendum 71 by July 25, 2009 to bring the controversial Senate Bill 5688 before the voters of Washington State in November. SB 5688 is a 110 page document which includes the phrase "marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships" 180 times.

 

SB 5688 was packaged and presented to the legislature as a Domestic Partnerships expansion of benefits. In truth, it will demolish the state's historical understanding and definition of marriage as that of uniting a man and a woman for life as Washington State will immediately become subject to litigation by same-sex partners demanding that the courts overturn the Defense of Marriage Act and impose "same-sex marriage" (as happened recently in California prior to Proposition 8).