U.S. Supreme Court: Ref. 71 names to remain sealed for now

Interesting case in Seattle—Signatures cannot be reviewed and thereby challenged for reasons of the First Amendment (Free Speech vs. open/transparency of election process)

In a rare move, the U.S. Supreme Court has ordered that signatures collected to get Referendum 71 on the November ballot should continue to be sealed until the court decides whether it will hear an appeal in the case — a process that could take up to a year.

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