Fremont Moves Toward Special Election on Illegal Immigration
Petition drives nears required number of signatures

From Staff Reports

December 29, 2008

Fremont, Nebraska

Fremont is getting closer to conducting a special election to vote on a law targeting illegal immigrants.

A local petition drive to reconsider an ordinance that prohibits residents to house, hire or rent to illegal immigrants is near the 3,000 signatures required by the end of February. That number should meet the benchmark of 20 percent of registered voters living inside Fremont’s city limits.

In July, the Fremont City Council reached a deadlock on the ordinance. Fremont Mayor Skip Edwards broke the tie by voting to kill the measure. The debate divided the community, which created a task force in the wake of the vote.

Earlier this month, members of that task force spoke at a Nebraska Legislative hearing on illegal immigration.
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