Supporters of seven proposed ballot questions in Massachusetts have submitted certified signatures to the secretary of state's office.
The deadline for turning in the signatures, which were certified by city and town clerks, was 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
A spokesman for Secretary of State William Galvin says officials will count the signatures to make sure that each group has the minimum 68,911 signatures needed to continue on in the process that could lead to the questions appearing on the November 2014 ballot. No more than one-quarter of the signatures can be from a single Massachusetts county.
The proposed initiatives include ones that would repeal the state's casino gambling law, raise the minimum wage and expand the bottle deposit law to include sports drinks and other beverages.
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