OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska’s law requiring petition circulators to be residents of the state has been found unconstitutional, but several other petition restrictions were upheld. U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon ruled Tuesday in two lawsuits filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and several petition organizers. Bataillon ruled that the state’s ban on out-of-state petition workers unfairly infringed on organizers’ constitutional rights and made it harder to conduct a petition drive.  Bataillon also threw out a requirement that local petition sponsors be residents of those cities. But he upheld requirements that petition circulators be 18 years old, and that petitions identify paid circulators. A ban on paying circulators by the signature was also upheld. Officials with the ACLU and state Attorney General’s office did not immediately respond Wednesday to messages about the rulings.