$30 minimum wage headed to November election ballot, coalition says
A coalition fighting for a higher minimum wage announced this week that it has submitted enough signatures to get its proposal on the ballot for the November general election.
In a press release, organizers for the Living Wage For All Coalition said they submitted to election officials 106% of the petition signatures required to qualify the proposal for the ballot. The measure would increase the hourly minimum wage in Alameda County to $30.
The Alameda County Registrar of Voters will make a determination whether organizers have met the threshold of signatures. It’s not unusual for the organizers of ballot measures to turn in more signatures than they’re required. This is because county officials may discard some signatures as invalid.
“Voters across parties and from all walks of life believe that every worker in every job should earn a wage that they can live on,” Saru Jayaraman, President of the advocacy group One Fair Wage, said in a statement. “As the birthplace of so many historic movements, we’re so proud that Alameda County will be the first place to pass the highest and most inclusive minimum wage in United States history.”
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