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Stories Posted on June 6, 2008
Lawmaker Seeks Opinion on Petitions, Trespassing
Category: Petition Circulating · State: Nebraska · Source: Omaha World-Herald
Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood said Wednesday that he has asked for an attorney general's opinion on whether business owners can keep petition circulators and opponents off their property. Flood said he made the request because different cities are taking different positions on the question. Lincoln officials recently announced they would enforce trespassing laws against petition circulators and opponents who refuse to leave private property after being asked to do so. Omaha officials have followed that policy for some time. Flood said Norfolk has taken the position that it would not force circulators and opponents to leave.