Washington’s Referendum 71 — which asked the state’s voters to weigh in on the state’s domestic partnership law — was approved by a narrow 51-49 margin — meaning same-sex couples get to keep state-granted rights otherwise given only to married couples. That’s with 100 percent of the vote counted.
In Maine, a gay rights referendum isn’t going quite as well. With 80 percent of the precincts reporting, votes against gay marriage are ahead 52-48. It’s still too soon to call — but the numbers have flipped from earlier in the evening, when the numbers were tilted toward upholding Maine’s gay marriage law.
Votes for Maine’s Question 1 would abolish the law, and votes against it would uphold gay marriage.
