Organizers of a petition drive that would allow Lincoln residents to vote on the city council’s fairness ordinance say they are pleased with the response heading into the final days.
“The response has been overwhelmingly positive,” says Nate Grasz, Policy Director for Nebraska Family Alliance. “People are motivated, they’re still trying to understand why they weren’t given the opportunity to vote on this issue ten years ago when the fairness ordinance was originally passed.”
Grasz told Drive Time Lincoln they are confident they will surpass the more than four thousand signatures they need to collect by Monday, February 28. “We are encouraged to see how many people are taking a stand on this, who are helping to circulate petitions, sign the petitions.”
Grasz didn’t have a specific number of signatures they’ve collected so far, but says they have more than 250 volunteers who are circulating petitions across the city. If their campaign is successful, it would force a ballot vote on the ordinance that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.