1,634 signatures collected so far on petition to overturn Chattanooga’s same-sex benefits policy

Petition against domestic partner benefit ordinance

The petition challenging Chattanooga’s same-sex partner benefits is more than a third of the way complete.

But time is of the essence.

Mark West, president of Citizens for Government Accountability and Transparency, is organizing the effort to collect the 4,500 signatures necessary to petition the last week’s City Council’s 5-3 approval of the ordinance from last week.

Citizens have two weeks from the vote – until Dec. 3 – to reach that watermark.

At 4 p.m. Monday, West dropped off his stack of collected signatures – 1,634 he said – at the Hamilton County Election Commission.