Minimum wage debate rages on over valid signatures

In short, about 5250 signatures are being challenged from the random 5% sampling submitted by each county in Arizona. The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry already has filed suit challenging whether the petition drive has the 150,642 signatures required. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joshua Rogers already has disqualified some circulators. But since each circulator gathered a different number of signatures it remains to be seen how many names that ultimately removes from the total.

 

Read more about the $12 minimum wage by 2020 issue here.

 

Garrick Taylor, Sr. VP of Government Relations, will be speaking at the August 25 Public Policy Meeting about the minimum wage debate and why the Arizona Chamber is fighting against it. Register here.