http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/07/national/07HORS.html

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April 7, 2002

Drive to Ban Gay Marriage Is Accused of Duping Signers
By PAM BELLUCK

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Organizers of the horse campaign say hundreds of people were duped into signing the marriage petition when they thought they were endorsing a horse-slaughter ban. They say bait-and-switch tactics left the horse initiative 2,574 signatures short of the 57,100 it needed to be placed on the ballot in November.

Organizers say the culprit was the company hired to collect signatures by the backers of the marriage initiative and, separately, by the Save Our Horses campaign. Save Our Horses says the firm, Ballot Access Company of Phoenix, was getting paid more per signature for the marriage initiative. They say it used the horse petition to lure people to unwittingly sign the marriage petition, which signature collectors affixed to the same clipboard, under a cover sheet of a horse decorated like an American flag.

The horse proponents have sued to get their measure on the ballot after all.
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http://www.saveourhorses.com/

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U R G E N T !

AS REPORTED ON TV AND IN THE PRESS, DID YOU SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP THE SLAUGHTER OF MASSACHUSETTS HORSES DURING THE 2001 PETITION DRIVE? IF SO, YOU ACTUALLY MAY HAVE SIGNED A PETITION THAT YOU DID NOT INTEND TO SIGN. YOU MAY HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF A FRAUDULENT PRACTICE KNOWN AS BAIT AND SWITCH WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO INTENDED TO SIGN OUR PETITION BANNING HORSE SLAUGHTER (PETITION A), MAY HAVE BEEN TRICKED INTO SIGNING THE SO-CALLED "MARRIAGE" PETITION (PETITION E). CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT AND THEN TAKE ACTION .
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