Eyman blasts warning that signature gatherers might be ID thieves

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Eyman blasts warning that signature gatherers might be ID thieves

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TACOMA, Wash. -- An official-sounding phone message left in some Pierce County homes last week warned that identity thieves may be posing as paid initiative signature gatherers.

Officials with two organizations - the Washington State Council of Police Chiefs and Sheriffs, and the Washington State Council of County and City Employees - say the messages weren't meant to deceive people or deter them from signing initiatives.

But they also admitted that the two-day campaign partially targeted Tim Eyman, who's pushing two property-tax-cutting initiatives for the November ballot.

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