'Personhood' Measure Backers Submit 130,000 Signatures

9NEWS - Article - Colo. 'personhood' measure backers submit 130,000 signatures--DENVER (AP)

Supporters of a measure defining a fertilized human egg as a person say they have gathered 131,000 petition signatures in hopes of getting it on the Colorado ballot.

A group called Colorado for Equal Rights submitted the petitions Tuesday.

If the secretary of state verifies that at least 76,000 of the signatures are from registered Colorado voters, the proposed constitutional amendment would qualify for the November ballot.