A Missouri Jobs for Justice-backed initiative to put a statewide $15 minimum wage on the ballot has reportedly received nearly double the requisite number of signatures.

Missouri voters have gotten a step closer to getting to decide whether to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour

There are some people who don’t get it — who don’t understand that we do need a living wage in Missouri,” said DeMarco Davidson, the executive director of Metropolitan Congregations United.

Organizers for the campaign for a higher minimum wage and guaranteed paid sick time off submitted signatures Wednesday to put the question to voters later this year. Representatives for the campaign,