California marriage amendment drive closes in on petition goal
The Christian Examiner reports:
A petition effort to protect traditional marriage in the California constitution has collected about 900,000 signatures and is within striking distance of qualify for the November ballot.
The figure, as of March 24, does not include several thousand more waiting to be processed. The goal is to collect at least 1.2 million signatures to account for errors . . .
Even so, Prentice and other Protect Marriage leaders are urging residents to keep up the push for the final few weeks of the campaign. Those with petitions still need to return them right away to ensure the measure is on the November ballot . . .
Organizers set an early deadline of April 1 to receive the signatures, but allowed several extra weeks to process stragglers and assess the final vote tally. All petitions need to be turned into county registrars by April 21, Prentice said . . .
A list of organizations and officials endorsing the amendment is here.
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