Anti-same-sex marriage referendum push fails in Illinois

Same-sex marriage opponents failed to collect enough signatures to place an advisory referendum on the November ballot.

Protect Marriage Illinois ( PMI ) had previously boasted that they would turn in 300,000 signatures to the Illinois State Board of Elections by the May 5 deadline. In order to place an advisory referendum that would ask state legislatures to amend the constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman on the ballot, supporters would have had to turn in 270,000 valid signatures

 Anti-same-sex marriage referendum push fails