Just a little over a year after the Washington D.C. City Council voted to increase the minimum wage in the District from $8.25 to $11.50 an hour, activists are seeking to increase it again — this time to $15 an hour. While the $4.50 pay raise might help some minimum wage workers in the District, many other less fortunate D.C. residents will remain jobless and some could even lose their jobs.

In July, the D.C. Board of Elections approved the language for the ballot initiative dubbed the “Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2016.” If the activists behind the ballot measure gather 25,000 signatures in support of the measure by November 2016, D.C. voters will be allowed to vote on whether they want the higher minimum wage. The ballot measure is already being contested by D.C. Chamber of Commerce President Harry Wingo, who filed a civil lawsuit (as an individual) against the D.C. Board of Elections to stop the signature drive. Wingo’s grievances are that the ballot initiative would exempt D.C. government contractors from the increase and hurt small businesses in the city.