Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

TexasTowelie

(111,297 posts)
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 11:02 AM Jul 2018

Petition to put Paid Sick Leave in Dallas on Ballot Fails, Group Demands Recount

A petition to let Dallas voters decide whether employers across the city should be required to give employees paid sick leave fell short. Now, organizers are demanding the city secretary take another look at the signatures.

A coalition of Texas-based community groups turned in more than 110,000 signatures in June to the city in a petition to put a paid sick leave ordinance on the November ballot. After verifying those signatures, Bilierae Johnson, the city secretary, on Monday said almost half of them didn’t count, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Johnson said 30,000 of the signatures couldn’t be confirmed as registered voters. Another chunk came from people outside of Dallas; others were collected outside of the allowed time frame or were duplicates.

The petition needed support from 10 percent of registered voters in Dallas — nearly 54,000 valid signatures — to get the issue on the ballot this fall, but it came up short by 871.

Read more: http://keranews.org/post/petition-put-paid-sick-leave-dallas-ballot-fails-group-demands-recount

Latest Discussions»Region Forums»Texas»Petition to put Paid Sick...