Date: Sat, 01 Oct 94 11:06:35 EDT
From: BoiseBear@aol.com

Reprinted with permission of the [Boise] Idaho
Statesman - Sat. 10/1/94 - Page B-1
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PROPOSITION ONE SURVEY: 59% STILL
UNDECIDED

Idaho voters have yet to take stand on anti-gay
initiative

By Marianne Flagg
The Idaho Statesman

Fifty-nine percent of Idaho voters haven't decided how they
will vote on the anti-gay initaitve, according to a phone survey
by opponents of Proposition One.

The No On One Coalition, the key group oppoising the intiative,
called more than 5,000 registered voters statewide during the
past three months, asking where they stand.

The ramaining 41 percent are divided almost equally between
supporters and opponents, said Ryan Hill, press secretary
for the No On One Coalition.

"We're nervous, but it's better than if we got it back 60 percent
were already for the initiative," Hill said.

"People aren't just rushing into this.  They're going to take
some time and look at the issue."

The phone surveys, used to help plot No On One's strategy,
aren't scientifically conducted polls using a random sample.

Hill concedes that because some of the information was gathered
a couple of months ago, the figures might not hold up today.

But he also says it's been more than a month since pollsters
Greg Smit and Tracy Andrus released their scientifically designed
poll, which found Proposition One garnering support from 48.9
percent of Idaho voters, with 42.7 percent of respondents saying
they opposed it.

At the time of the poll in August, 6 percent said they were
undecided.

If passed by voters Nov. 8, the proposition would ban state laws
providing civil rights protections, called "minority status" in the
measure, to gays and lesbians.

No On One won't reveal the exact number of voters called or
results in various parts of the state, because the campaign
doesn't want to provide information to the initiative-backing
Idaho Citizens Alliance.

Bill Proctor, an ICA leader, isn't sure about the 59 percent figure.
But he agrees many voters are undecided.

"I just think there is a lot of voters who are confused," Proctor said.
"Either that, or people are just unwilling to commit by phone, that
this is so controversial that they're not trusting anybody."

As for what they must do before Election Day, both sides respond
identically:  Work harder to get their views across.
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For more information or to send contributions, contact:
No On One Coalition, PO Box 797, Boise, ID 83701
208-376-1599 voice 208-376-1699 fax         NoProp1ID@aol.com

Submitted by BoiseBear@aol.com
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