Lawmakers gave first-round approval Feb. 14 to a bill that would require that petition circulators be 18 years of age or older.<\/p>\n
LB759, introduced by Lincoln Sen. Bill Avery, would remove a requirement that a circulator be an elector of the state and instead require that a circulator be 18 years or age or older.<\/p>\n
Avery said the definition of an elector includes a residency provision, which recently was held to be unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
A Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee amendment, adopted 27-0, removed an additional provision from the bill that would have required the sponsor or principal circulator of a petition to provide each circulator with identification containing a unique number.<\/p>\n
Avery said the ID provision was opposed in committee and was removed in order to ensure that Nebraska\u2019s petition regulations are in place for the 2012 election.<\/p>\n
LB759 advanced to select file on a 34-0 vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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