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Supreme Court to Hear Case on Petition Signers' Right to Privacy

Petition signers seek relief from the Supreme Court in a case regarding the disclosure of petitioners names who signed in support of getting an initiative on the ballot California ballot in 2008. They cited concerns that should their names be made public they could become targets of opponents who opposed the initiative that was passed and bars gay marriage.

Court to rule on petition-signers' rights, Lyle Denniston January 15th, 2010