The Fine Print

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Can you remind me, am I supposed to be for this or against it.

I lost track of which is a referendum against a decision and vice versa.

Or it you don't like Domestic Partnership because it's not Gay Marriage.

WWAGD ??

on June 10, 2009 at 1:18 PM

Do we get slog points for "accidentally" tearing the mother fucker in half? If one were to have such an accident would it affect the validity of said motherfucking petition?

General Jack Ripper on June 10, 2009 at 1:20 PM

"Protect Children." How does this referendum protect children? I'm a gay parent. Whether or not I'm married, how does my child get more or less protection from this?

Simac on June 10, 2009 at 1:24 PM

That kind of looks like four sheets.

w7ngman on June 10, 2009 at 1:34 PM

Want.

Those things have got to be worth money some day.

elenchos on June 10, 2009 at 1:36 PM

Seems to me this is contrary to ADA requirements - people older than 40 can't read the text.

Which makes it illegal.

Will in Seattle on June 10, 2009 at 1:36 PM

If someone sees this thing, and has some time to kill, maybe you can start reading the thing and then ask the petition gatherer questions about the referendum. Keep the petition and gatherer busy in the hands of a non-signer while a potential signer walks on by.

Enigma on June 10, 2009 at 1:40 PM

@7
I was thinking exactly the same thing. Go track one of those petitioners down when you have a few spare hours to kill and read the whole fucking thing beginning to end. Better yet, tell them your vision's bad and could they please read it to you. Ask lots of questions. Finally, of course, walk away without signing it.

Urgutha Forka on June 10, 2009 at 1:45 PM

I feel like I should order up a whole bunch of these and then sit on them. Is there a number I can call?

Greg on June 10, 2009 at 1:45 PM

honestly ... I give them credit for their passionate stance on the subject.

So do they hate gay marriage or just trees?

former tri-state on June 10, 2009 at 1:47 PM

That's a metric buttload of text to just overturn another bill. Jesus, prolix much?

Geni on June 10, 2009 at 1:50 PM

@10: They are avowed Homodendrophobes

Baconcat on June 10, 2009 at 1:52 PM

The referendum neither "preserves marriage" nor "protects children."

Andy on June 10, 2009 at 1:53 PM

I want one! How can I get one? The bigots website doesn't have any info about it yet.

Enigma on June 10, 2009 at 1:58 PM

I also wonder how many times they crashed quirk?

former tri-state on June 10, 2009 at 2:04 PM

A problem: Government-phobic populists -- who are legion in WA -- even otherwise left-leaning ones -- will sign the referendum solely in response to the size of the bill being referred. (Referended? Whatever.)

K on June 10, 2009 at 2:09 PM

@4 - It's folded in half.

wench on June 10, 2009 at 2:11 PM

I ordered my very own to shit on, but have not received them yet. You can get yours too here!

http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey…

on June 10, 2009 at 2:11 PM

@18 www.faithandfreedom.us

on June 10, 2009 at 2:12 PM

I don't get it. How can they title it Preserve Marriage, Protect Children? That's not the title of the referendum.

Steven Bradford on June 10, 2009 at 2:27 PM

@20 --Good question. Maybe that could be grounds for a challenge to the petition?

carrma on June 10, 2009 at 2:30 PM

If I was a local, I would so want to get one of these just so I could pass it amongst my friends and we could all sign it with such clever pseudonyms like "Seymour Butts" and "Ivana Mann" and then I'd frame it in our living room.

But I'm sort of a dork.

LogopolisMike on June 10, 2009 at 2:30 PM

hum... is that legal...

The petition sheets must measure not less than 11 inches in
width and not less than 14 inches in length.p.9

and

The full text of the measure must appear on the petitionp.9

http://www.secstate.wa.gov/_assets/elect…

Phenic on June 10, 2009 at 2:32 PM

I'm torn between ordering some to bring down their coffers, and not wanting to give them my addy and phone number. I wonder how much they're checking on validity of numbers, cause I could have it sent to my work...

Enigma on June 10, 2009 at 2:35 PM

@23: "...NOT less than..."

happy renter on June 10, 2009 at 2:37 PM

@23 it says "not less than", so I'm pretty sure it can be bigger than.

Enigma on June 10, 2009 at 2:37 PM

#17, the edges don't line up. The photo is the full, unfolded sheet, right?

It totally looks like four sheets taped together.

w7ngman on June 10, 2009 at 2:48 PM

I'm agreeing with W7ngman, the edges don't line up.

kim in portland on June 10, 2009 at 2:55 PM

@ 4, 17,27,28. What you think is one page is two sideways pages. Note that the ruler on the right is 18 inches long. So it is two pages across and 4 pages down. Or 22inches across and 34 inches down.

on June 10, 2009 at 2:59 PM

I bet the defective ones with the sheets that don't line up will be worth even more.

elenchos on June 10, 2009 at 3:15 PM

@29: it's four 11x17 sheets

happy renter on June 10, 2009 at 3:19 PM

@ everyone. 1 Sheet = 2 pages. Each side of a sheet of paper is called a page. This is an 8-page signature, 4 sheets x 2 sides each = 8-pages.

on June 10, 2009 at 3:38 PM

regardless of terminology, whatever is in that photo looks taped to me.

happy renter on June 10, 2009 at 3:50 PM

It looks like each of those hold about 20 signatures. Needing 120k signatures = 6000 of those things to fill out. Ha!

doug on June 10, 2009 at 4:27 PM

I wonder if the fact that it's covered in fine print will turn some people off?

Baconcat on June 10, 2009 at 4:45 PM

If they are taped together, I wonder if they will actually assemble them before getting the signatures or not bother until afterward...

carrma on June 10, 2009 at 4:52 PM

So, let's assume Stickney gets his signatures. Whom do we contact?

mackro on June 10, 2009 at 4:53 PM

I know these fuckahs are inherently sleazy and dishonest, but doesn't the Referendum itself specifically state that domestic partnership is not marriage? And how does it protect children, exactly? And how come they get to use those two false claims to begin with??

Original Andrew on June 10, 2009 at 5:16 PM

Because they're lying liars, OA.

Will in Seattle on June 10, 2009 at 5:53 PM

Could they have put "Sign This and Get $1,000,000!" as the caption, too? Can any signature petition for a referendum put any title they want?

mackro on June 10, 2009 at 6:24 PM

Would it be wrong for everyone to sign these petitions as Dan Savage, so they think they have a lot more signatures than they do?

Gus on June 10, 2009 at 11:44 PM

i plan on reading the entire thing if someone asks me to sign...if enough people did that, I bet they'd have an even harder time getting all of the signatures!

breetfu on June 11, 2009 at 7:42 AM

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