Federal judge releases names on Washington domestic partnership petition

[JURIST] The Washington Office of the Secretary of State [official website] on Monday released [press release] the names of 137,500 people who signed petitions for Referendum 71 (R-71), opposing domestic partnerships, after a federal judge lifted the injunction and granted summary judgment [opinion, PDF] to defendants. In Doe #1 v. Reed, the judge held that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that a reasonable probability of threats, harassment or reprisals exists as to the signers of R-71, now nearly two years…