40,000 signatures and counting

The WeDemandAVote folks announced today they have hit 40,000 signatures.

Last week they announced they had hit 34,000 signatures in their effort to place a planned Hamilton County sales tax increase for a new jail on the November ballot.

WeDemandAVote.com, a coalition of seven groups opposed to a county commission-imposed increase in the sales tax, has to collect the signatures of 28,750 registered Hamilton County voters by Friday to put the issue on the November ballot.

Typically in petition campaigns, anywhere from 30 percent to 50 percent of signatures collected are thrown out because they did not come from registered voters or because petitions were not handled properly.