I-884 makes history with over 327,000 signatures!

On July 2, 2004, Citizens for the Education Trust Fund submitted over 327,000 signatures to the Secretary of State to qualify I-884 for the November ballot.

It was really exciting to load the endless boxes of petitions onto the big yellow school bus and then see them actually turned in to the Secretary of State. Governor Gary Locke, Terry Bergeson (Superintendent of Public Instruction), Jean Carpenter (WA State PTA) and Jeanne Anderson (Foundation for Early Learning) were in Olympia at the press conference, and Representatives Gutierrez-Kenney and Chopp were at the press conference we held in Seattle at our campaign headquarters. Students of all ages helped load the petitions, wave signs, and answer questions about I-884 in both Seattle and Olympia.

The Seattle PI took pictures of the students loading the petitions onto the bus. Click here to see the photo and article: photo and article

The Olympian also did a story with photos. Click here to see it: Olympian Article

Thank you so much to each of you who worked so hard to gather signatures. We made history yesterday, with the 4th largest number of signatures for an initiative ever in Washington State. Keep up to date on this initiative and how you can help at www.edtrustfund.org