Backers of a move to repeal portions of Ohio’s new payday law have 10 days to collect more than 55,000 valid signatures after Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner ruled Tuesday that the first batch of petitions fell short. Brunner, in a letter to petitioners backing the partial repeal of House Bill 545 said 185,729 signatures were certified out of the more than 422,000 the group submitted Aug. 31. Those signatures met requirements in 33 counties. The group needs at least 241,366 valid signatures to meet requirements in at least half of the state’s 88 counties to bring the referendum before voters.

Payday Lenders better get out in droves to collect those signatures, or kiss the repeal goodbye.