In her decision, Judge Spector agreed with the SoS's office that her court had no authority to prevent that office from accepting the questionable petitions. She said that anyone who wanted to challenge the signature count would have to do so after the count was certified and do so in a Thurston County Superior Court within 5 days of the certification.
While Spector said, "the court recognizes the concerns raised by the plaintiffs regarding the validity of a significant number of petitions and signatures in this case." she also added the law does not require the secretary of state to refuse to accept petitions that do not meet state law and that it is unclear whether there are limits to the secretary of state's discretion to accept petitions.
