from an email forward i received this a.m.
> Fair Illinois Volunteer Shifts Now Available in DuPage!
> As many of you know, the Illinois Family Institute turned in petitions
> earlier
> this month to place an advisory referendum on Illinois' November ballot
> declaring marriage between one man and one woman and banning civil
> unions and
> all forms of domestic partnership. The IFI claims to represent
> Christian
> Illinois, and yet their spokesman has called gay and lesbian families
> "an
> infection".
>
> I am writing to ask for your help in defeating this unfair and
> discriminatory
> referendum. Fair Illinois, a group of concerned citizens has been
> organizing the
> volunteer effort to verify all 345,199 signatures and object to those
> that are
> invalid. We believe a large percentage of the signatures collected do
> not comply
> with Illinois elections law and that we can keep this referendum off
> the
> November ballot - but we need your help.
>
> We need a massive number of volunteers between now and mid-June to go
> through
> the 60 thousand petitions and check each and every line.
> We are setting up new volunteer hours at the DuPage County Elections
> Office (421
> N. County Farm Road, Wheaton). Our first shifts will be this Friday
> (the 26th)
> from 8AM-Noon and Noon-4:30PM. Volunteers can sign up by calling
> 773-724-0071 or
> emailing
[email protected]. For more information please visit
> www.fairillinois.org.
>
> We can win. We need your help.
>
> Allie Carter
> Fair Illinois