In the 90 days that followed passage of the law, Privacy For All Students (PFAS) collected more than 620,000 signatures of registered California voters to qualify a referendum to overturn the new law. But elections officials disqualified more than 20 percent of the signatures, leaving the referendum effort more than 17,000 signatures short of the requirement to qualify for the ballot.
 
PFAS has been in court ever since, battling "scores of government attorneys" who have been trying to withhold both the disqualified names and the reason for their rejection. But the Secretary of State and 55 counties had resisted production of these documents, citing undisclosed privacy concerns.
 
On Friday, a Superior Court judge in Sacramento granted a motion to compel the production of documents requested by their attorneys from the Pacific Justice Institute. Backers of the referendum had asked the court to compel Kings County to produce documents related to the invalidation of signatures, including the petitions submitted in support of the referendum. 
 
The county had objected to producing the petitions out of "concerns of privacy and confidentiality of voters' records," even though the petitions had been in the backers' possession until they were turned over to the county to be counted. PFAS is using King County as a "test case," and will use the results there to similarly compel the other counties to produce those documents.
 
"Today the court gave us a roadmap that we believe will ultimately allow us to prove that the necessary signatures were submitted to qualify the referendum," PJI Chief Counsel Kevin Snider said. "We are pleased that the court rejected attempts by elections officials to prohibit access...
 
Continue reading here.

To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE

Actor's Faith Transformed after Taking Starring Role in 'House of David' (Watch Clip from Season 2)

Thank You Jesus: FBI Recovered a Stockpile of Weapons from Those Suspects Who Allegedly Planned a Halloween Terror Attack

I'm Sorry, But HOW MANY Illegals Get Food Stamps?

Trump Admin Says It Will Provide Partial November SNAP Benefits

Dems Feel the Squeeze as Schumer's Shutdown Approaches Historic Levels

Prayer Alert: Death Threats Against ICE Officers Is Up by 8,000% as They Work to Make Americans Safer

Late Polls: Tight Races in NJ, VA, NY as Election Nears

President Trump Threatens to Send US Military 'Guns-a-Blazing' to Nigeria Stop Slaughter of Christians

World's Most Famous Atheist/Scientist Debunks Transgenderism

A Prayer Guide for Halloween from Wanda Alger

Appeal to Heaven: Members of Congress Join to Pray for Nation

5 Things to Know About the Virginia Governor's Race

Lawmakers Move to Impeach Judge Boasberg for Rubber-Stamping Jack Smith's Partisan Surveillance

Bombshell Texts Reveal LA Fire Brass Knew Fire That Burned Down Palisades Wasn't Out

Wow: According to Feds Over 7,200 Truck Drivers Were Removed from US Highways after Failing English Test

The Government Shutdown Exposed the Biggest Lie in Education

Trump Tells Republicans to Use 'Nuclear Option' to End Democrat Filibuster That Caused the Shutdown

FBI Thwarts 'Potential Halloween Weekend Terrorist Attack' in Michigan

Trump Names Nigeria 'Country of Particular Concern' in Order to Help Stop the 'Slaughter' of Christians

Shroud of Turin Skeptic Now Says It's Real 'Evidence to... the Resurrection of Jesus'