LINCOLN- As a petition drive seeking to overturn Nebraska's newly signed law providing tax incentives for private and faith-based school donors nears its deadline to gather 61,000 signatures, Lancaster County's election commissioner reminded voters they can remove their name from a petition after signing it.

Todd Wiltgen said his office published a downloadable affidavit on the commission's website last week for voters to remove their name from a petition in response to "a few dozen" calls from voters seeking to do so after signing the petition to put the “Opportunity Scholarships Act” on the ballot next year. Wiltgen was appointed to the job by Governor Pillen in February of this year.

While money has flooded into both Support Our Schools and Keep Kids First — the group of state senators, community leaders and business owners urging Nebraskans not to sign the petition — there have been only a handful of petition signers who have actually submitted affidavits to have their signatures removed from the petition, according to officials.

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