Petition circulators will be in Omaha, Lincoln this weekend in effort to overturn death penalty repe

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/petition-circulators-will-be-in-omaha-lincoln-this-weekend-in/article_e0798f54-bce5-5c7b-8930-b9230645245d.html


POSTED: FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2015 9:55 AM
By Paul Hammel / World-Herald Bureau

LINCOLN — Petition circulators will hit the streets of Omaha and Lincoln on Saturday as an effort begins to overturn the repeal of Nebraska’s death penalty via a public referendum.

Representatives of Nebraskans for the Death Penalty picked up the certified petitions Friday afternoon from the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office and were sending them to be printed overnight.

Some paid circulators were being trained Friday, and they are planning to begin collecting signatures this weekend in the state’s two largest cities, said spokesman Chris Peterson.

State Treasurer Don Stenberg, a former state attorney general who is an honorary co-chairman of the collection drive, said that if it is well organized, it will be successful in putting the repeal of the death penalty on hold until voters decide the issue.

FULL story at link.

[Warpy]

1. What the fuck is the matter with people?

I mean, really!

[Omaha Steve]

2. Marta and I bumped into our state senator at the store today

We know her from her Sarpy County Democrat days. We congratulated her for a very successful year down in Lincoln including the three big overrides of Gov. Ricketts vetoes. She had a huge smile.

OS