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Group turns in petitions to get smoking ban on ballot in Kirkwood  

Jump to full article: St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, 2009-06-27
Author: Phil Sutin ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

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A group that wants the city to ban smoking in indoor public places on Friday gave officials petitions that would start an initiative process that could put the proposal on the ballot.

The petitions contain 1,258 signatures, said Mary Murphy-Overmann, president of Healthy Air for Kirkwood, sponsor of the initiative. Anti-smoking supporters needed 1,036 signatures to start the initiative process.

The petitions went to the St. Louis County Election Board for a check of the validity of signatures.

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