LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Organizers of a petition drive to place Nebraska's death penalty on the ballot will begin gathering signatures on Saturday.
The group Nebraskans for the Death Penalty was training circulators and printing thousands of petitions on Friday after receiving initial copies from the Secretary of State's office.
Organizers have to gather roughly 57,000 signatures of registered voters by August 27th to place the law on the ballot, and 115,000 to suspend the law before the vote.
The group formed after Nebraska lawmakers voted to repeal capital punishment, overturning Governor Pete Ricketts' veto.
Chris Peterson, a spokesman for the group, says he didn't yet know how many paid and volunteer circulators will participate, but he says organizers were pleasantly surprised by the initial response.
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