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One Fair Wage Fails to Turn in Signatures for Referendum
The group that sought to block the minimum wage law passed by the Legislature last year did not turn in signatures by its due date Monday, the Department of State said.
Monday marks the 90th day following the Legislature’s sine die adjournment last year. Neither Voters to Stop Pay Cuts, the group which received approval to collect signatures to put a referendum of the minimum wage law passed last year on the ballot, nor One Fair Wage, the larger organization supporting the efforts, turned in signatures.
The Department of State confirmed Monday was the deadline, and it had not received signatures. One Fair Wage did not return multiple requests for comment…