There's only one ballot measure San Franciscans are sure to be voting on this November: a ban on circumcision.
Department of Elections officials today certified that the fellows who call themselves "intactivists" did indeed persuade enough city voters to sign their petition making circumcision on anybody under 18 a misdemeanor, even for religious reasons.
It would be punishable by a $1,000 fine and up to a year in jail.
The petitioners cleared the cut-off point by inches. (Consider yourself warned: We'll be making these jokes for months.) They needed 7,168 signatures and got 7,743.
Supporters of a ban say it's a cruel, unnecessary practice akin to cutting off a baby's ear or nose. Opponents say the ban, even if passed by voters, would never hold up in court.
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