Signatures for referendum to make Russian second official language in Latvia near target but short

You can read about it here in English and here in Latvian. From what I understand a ballot initiative requires signatures of 10% of the voting public, after which it is voted on in Parliament, and if it doesn't pass there then it is brought up a final time as a national referendum. The most recent number of signatures as of 29 November is 130 678, which is 12 533 short of the necessary 154 379. I believe there is only a month to gather signatures, meaning that about 4000 were gathered per day, making the necessary amount somewhat difficult but still quite possible. We'll find out soon what the total is.

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