Signature Count Released In AB 1266 Referendum Signature Drive

On November 10, 2012, the Associated Press posted the article Group collects signatures to repeal Calif. transgender law. The article gives numbers related to the signature drive by the Privacy For All Students coalition’s effort to repeal the School Success and Opportunity Act (AB 1266). Opponents of a new California law that gives transgender students certain rights say they have collected enough signatures for an initiative that would repeal the law. Frank Schubert, the political strategist handling the signature gathering effort for conservative groups, said Sunday that the group submitted 620,000 signatures to get the initiative on the November 2014 ballot. To qualify, at least 505,000 valid signatures must be submitted. BuzzFeed, in their article Opponents Of Calif. Transgender Student Protections Law Confident Repeal Effort Will Move Forward, added the following: “As far as we are aware, this is the largest number of volunteer signatures ever submitted in a California

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