320,000 signatures for right to die initiative

A Lynnwood woman is working to get the measure passed, a promise to her late husband. By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer OLYMPIA -- For months, Nancy Niedzielski of Lynnwood collected signatures for an initiative to create a legal path for terminally ill adults to take their own lives. She waited until Wednesday to put her name on a petition that places Initiative 1000 on the ballot. "I'm ready to sign," she declared on the steps of the state Capitol with other supporters seated behind her and opponents of the measure standing on a sidewalk a short distance away. Then, her head turned skyward and her voice cracked with emotion, she said, "This is for you, Randy. I love you most of all and then some." Randy, her husband, died of brain cancer two years ago this month. He wished such a law existed then and she said he made her... [read full story]