SOUTH HUTCHINSON — A South Hutchinson liquor store owner says he has enough signatures on a petition to bring Sunday liquor sales up for a vote.

Greg Dovel has been collecting signatures of South Hutchinson residents trying to drum up support for the vote.

Dovel had tried unsuccessfully to get the city council to pass a resolution allowing the sales just as he opened a new business selling alcohol and tobacco products.

The petition has to gather 5% of those residents that voted in the 2016 presidential election, which means 50 signatures. As of Thursday, Dovel has gathered 80 signatures and says he expects to get more before presenting the petition to the county clerk’s office.

If the petition is deemed valid, the matter would likely go to a vote in the November election.