Whoever falsely makes or willfully destroys a petition or any part thereof, or signs a false name thereto, or signs or files any petition knowing the same or any part thereof to be falsely made, or suppresses any petition, or any part thereof, which has been duly filed, pursuant to the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor with a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 18-2533