The words of disappointment from some Nebraskans about the recent vote to repeal the state's death penalty has turned to action.

Nebraskans for the Death Penalty turned in its initial filing Monday with Nebraska Secretary of State John Gale, aimed at restoring the death penalty by repealing a bill (LB268) passed by the Legislature in May.

The first action in the referendum petition process would be to gather enough signatures to keep the bill from going into effect in late August.

If the group is successful in getting the required 10 percent of signatures by Aug. 27 -- somewhere between 112,000 to 115,000, depending on the number of registered voters on the date it is to be turned in -- the law would not go into effect and the question of restoring the death penalty would be put on the November 2016 general election ballot.

With signatures from 5 percent of registered voters in 38 counties, the bill would go into effect in three months from the end of the session, but voters would be able to vote in November 2016 on whether to repeal or restore the death penalty.