Local King 5 News:

More than 120,000 signatures are needed by June 6 to get Referendum 74 on the ballot. If that happens, the law is put on hold until after the election. On the ballot in November, voters would decide either yes or no on gay marriage.

Opponents say they think they will be able to get the needed signatures.

... According to the Herald, Joseph Backholm, executive director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington, said petitions were printed Wednesday and will be circulated Thursday. Backholm said they don't plan on hiring signature gatherers because they already have 4,000 people who have asked to circulate the petitions.

Learn more at www.PreserveMarriageWashington.com.