A group of Orange County residents claims to have collected enough petition signatures to put their sick pay initiative to a vote in November.

The group has been knocking on doors for weeks to gather the required amount of signatures. They said they gathered 44,000 signatures.

“We don’t people to choose between taking care of their child or feeding their child, and so all these workers go to work sick because they need a paycheck and they’re worried about being fired,” said Scott Randolph.

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