Nebraska: Signatures For Wage Initiative Turned in to Secretary of State’s Office
Nebraska voters may get a chance in November to vote on whether the state’s minimum wage should be increased. Organizers of a petition initiative say they turned in 134,899 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office, in hopes of putting the measure on the ballot. If enough signatures are verified, this would be the first petition initiative to be put to voters since 2008.
“To qualify a statutory measure for the ballot, circulators must collect signatures from at least 7 percent of registered voters,” explained Secretary of State John Gale. “Those signatures must include at least 5 percent of registered voters from 38 of the state’s 93 counties.”
Gale said that exact number would not be known until Monday, July 7 after election officials from all 93 counties verified their voter registration numbers to the Secretary of State’s office.
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