Referendum 71

Governor Christine Gregoire had signed a law in 2007 enabling gay couples to acquire same status and equality in state as their counterparts. But it was not implemented due to a high resistance and it was decided to take a referendum over this issue. This referendum took place yesterday and today, we have results of that which shows an approval of this law with a narrow margin of 51.10 % to 48.80 %. Anyways majority is authority, it has now become a law which will support same sex marriages in state and give them same rights in society as others have.
Erika bailey, freshman international studies major is happy with the results and approval of referendum 71.

“It puts our state in the right direction as far as equal rights,” Bailey said. “This is a stepping stone toward gay marriage.”

But the figures show an amazing thing, whole of state is looking distributed on issue the Eastern Counties have rejected the referendum while majority of Western Washington Counties have approved it except Pierce County.
King County had the highest approval percentage on Referendum 71 and that is 65.91.
Most of Washington State’s population lives in Western Counties who approved referendum with low turnout while low population live in Eastern Counties who rejected the referendum with highest turnout.
Columbia County had the highest turnout of 66 % and here Referendum 71 is rejected.