Add two more items to the November ballot: Raising the minimum wage and mandatory voter I-D.

The Nebraska Secretary of State announcing today that the two petition drives had more than enough valid signatures to put the issues directly to the voters.

Voter ID is a potential change to the Nebraska Constitution and required at least 124,000 signatures, it came in with 136,458.

As News Channel Nebraska first reported the effort was bankrolled by Gov. Pete Ricketts' mom, who dumped at least $375,000 into the drive.

Increasing the minimum wage is a potential change in state law and required fewer names, nearly 87,000 and came in with 97,245.

Both efforts also cleared the threshold that required signatures from at least 5 percent of the voters in 38 counties.

Minimum wage got to 44 counties. Voter ID: 76 of the state’s 93 counties.

Unlike a petition drive to legalize medical marijuana which was a volunteer effort and has yet to make the ballot, both voter ID and minimum wage had paid petition circulators.

Voter ID would require voters to present a valid photo identification, such as a driver’s license, before casting their ballot.

If approved the minimum wage would jump from the current $9-an-hour to $10.50 in January, topping out at $15-an-hour in 2026, followed by annual cost of living adjustments.