Opponents of a plan to add fluoride to the water supply in Portland, OR, are making serious headway in their attempts to put the issue before voters, according to a story in the Statesman Journal.
Last month the City Council voted unanimously to approve a plan to begin fluoridating Portland's water by March 2014.
But Clean Water Portland, a grassroots group formed to ensure that never happens, last week submitted more than 43,000 signatures on a petition to put the issue on an upcoming ballot -- far more than the 19,858 required, according to the article.
Election officials have 30 days to certify the petitions. If they are certified, the City Council could choose to put the issue before voters next year. Otherwise, the election would be in May 2014, the Statesman Journal noted.
