If you're overwhelmed by the the idea of poring through all those briefs on the Secretary of State's site as previously suggested, we've developed a Cliff's Notes backgrounder to help you.

Or simply check out some of the recent news stories and editorials on the case:

• Supreme Court takes up Wash. case involving disclosure of petition signatures (Seattle Times, 4/24/10)
• Washington's battle over petitioner signatures goes to Supreme Court (Everett Herald, 4/25/10)
• McKenna to argue that R-71 names are public (KOMO TV, 4/26/2010)
• EDITORIAL: Open government, the compelling public interest (Seattle Times, 4/27/10 for tomorrow's print edition)
• EDITORIAL: Why disclosure matters (The Everett Herald, 4/27/10)
• EDITORIAL: Open government under attack in R-71 case (The News Tribune, 4/27/10)

More news tomorrow!