Campaign to raise Missouri's minimum wage to $15 an hour confident it will get on the ballot
Time:2024-05-29 00:28:55 Source:entertainmentViews(143)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters on Wednesday got a step closer to getting to decide whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, after a group behind the effort said it turned in nearly double the required number of signatures.
The ballot measure backed by Missouri Jobs with Justice would raise the minimum wage from its current $12.30 an hour to $13.75 an hour next year and then to $15 an hour in 2026.
Citizen-driven amendments to Missouri law require more than 100,000 voter signatures to get on the ballot, and Missouri Jobs with Justice said it submitted about 210,000. Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office must next determine if at least 115,000 or so are valid.
“We feel confident that voters will have an opportunity to pass this important initiative this fall,” Caitlyn Adams, executive director of Missouri Jobs with Justice Voter Action, said in a statement.
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