Peter Henderson, who is leading the charge to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage, says he and his supporters were hoping to qualify for the June ballot. "We're no longer on track for June," he said. "We simply have not been able to raise the money to get the signatures in time, so we're looking toward November."
Initiatives have 180 days from the time they receive title and summary from the attorney general's office to gather signatures. In order to qualify for the June ballot, measures must be certified by the secretary of state no later than January 24, according to the secretary of state's office.
Petitions submitted after that date would push the measure to the next ballot, in November.
Henderson says the political calculus for his group will change dramatically because they will miss the June ballot. "It certainly does change the political equation. Republicans have shied away from California in presidential years, and that could depress Republican turnout."
Henderson says his group's measure polls well among Democrats and Republicans, however, and is confident that a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on the November ballot would still be approved by voters.
This is very good news for people who believe in the freedom to marry for all Californians.
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It would be a whole heck of a lot better for the country if they spent the money that the are raising to attack gay families on feeding poor people or something useful. But they won't Instead the will scream and shout about how much they are "pro-family values" even as they attack our families.
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