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Colorado: Personhood Amendment appears headed for ballot
Backers of the measure defining life as beginning at fertilization submitted 131,000 signatures Tuesday, 55,000 more than the roughly 76,000 that are needed to get it on the November ballot ...

Personhood Amendment fails to qualify for Montana ballot
The Missoulian reports: Opponents of an proposed constitutional amendment to ban abortion by defining a fertilized human egg as a ?person? announced Tuesday the measure has failed to gain enough support to qualify for the November ballot...

Face of personhood issue young, resolute
Colorado and Montana are the two states where "personhood" measures could make the 2008 ballot and create a legal foundation to outlaw abortion.

Montana Catholic Conference will not support personhood amendment
LifeNews.com and LifeSiteNews.com are both reporting that the Montana Catholic Conference will not support the personhood amendment.

CO Group Proposes Extending State Constitutional Rights to Embryos
Denver Post: Personhood petition garners 131,245 signatures, by Electa Draper: A grassroots group seeking to define personhood in the Colorado Constitution as "any human being from the moment of fertilization" signed up 131,245 voters in support of the amendment...

Colorado For Equal Rights Applauds Focus on the Familys Support of Personhood Amendment 48
The Christian Newswire carries the Colorado for Equal Rights report that begins: “Focus on the Family on Tuesday encouraged Colorado voters to support and vote for the Colorado for Equal Rights Personhood Amendment...

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Ballot Device
Election Systems and Software agrees to pays city of San Francisco $3.5 million settlement after problems with AutoMARK lead to prolonged hand counting of votes.