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Nebraska paid sick leave advocates 'very confident' initiative will reach November ballot

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Nebraska paid sick leave advocates 'very confident' initiative will reach November ballot

• Andrew Wegley
• Jun 27, 2024
• Jun 27, 2024
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Paid Sick Leave petition organizers turned in138,000 signatures at the Secretary of State’s office inside the Cornhusker Hotel.

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Nebraska voters will likely have the chance this year to decide whether to require the state's employers to provide workers with paid sick leave after organizers behind the petition drive turned in more than 138,000 signatures to election officials Thursday.

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Sierra Edmisten of Hastings (left) high-fives Jo Giles, executive director of the Women’s Fund of Omaha, after signing the affidavit for filing petition pages at the Nebraska Secretary of State's Office on Thursday.

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Boxes of petitions signed by voters hoping to see paid sick leave on the ballot are seen during a press conference Thursday in Lincoln. 

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Paid Sick Leave Nebraska coalition advocates carry boxes of petitions into the Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel on Thursday. Petition organizers turned in 138,000 signatures to the Secretary of State.

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Sierra Edmisten of Hastings with the Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans campaign shows a copy of an affidavit for filing petition pages. Organizers turned in 138,000 signatures at the Secretary of State’s office on Thursday.

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Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans coalition members Noel Tonniges of Omaha (right) and Sierra Edmisten of Hastings (left) deliver boxes of signed petitions to the Secretary of State's Office at the Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln on Thursday. Petition organizers turned in 138,000 signatures.

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Farm and ranch worker Norberto Sanchez (right) speaks during a Thursday press conference held by the petition campaign to require Nebraska employers to provide workers with paid sick leave.

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Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans coalition members Noel Tonniges of Omaha (right) and Sierra Edmisten of Hastings (left) deliver boxes of signed petitions to the Secretary of State's Office at the Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln on Thursday. Petition organizers turned in 138,000 signatures.

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Sierra Edmisten of Hastings (left) high-fives Jo Giles, executive director of the Women’s Fund of Omaha, after signing the affidavit for filing petition pages at the Nebraska Secretary of State's Office on Thursday.

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Paid Sick Leave Nebraska coalition advocates carry boxes of petitions into the Lincoln Marriott Cornhusker Hotel on Thursday. Petition organizers turned in 138,000 signatures to the Secretary of State.

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Sierra Edmisten of Hastings with the Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans campaign shows a copy of an affidavit for filing petition pages. Organizers turned in 138,000 signatures at the Secretary of State’s office on Thursday.

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