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Possible Fraud Investigated In Connection With Minimum Wage Initiative [Colorado]
CBS Denver ^ | August 30, 2016 1:29 PM

Posted on 08/31/2016 7:26:08 AM PDT by snarkpup

DENVER (CBS4) – The state attorney general’s office is investigating possible fraud in connection with another ballot initiative.

A measure to raise the minimum wage in Colorado to $12 an hour by the year 2020 made the ballot this year, but opponents question whether it should have. The concern comes after a new revelation about potentially forged signatures on one of the petitions.

This is the second fraud investigation into a ballot initiative process so far this year, and the situation has raised serious questions about Colorado’s petition process.

(Excerpt) Read more at denver.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: ballotinitiative; petition
In the meantime, the onus is on groups submitting petitions to make sure the canvassers and canvassing firms are ethical.

What could go wrong? :)

1 posted on 08/31/2016 7:26:09 AM PDT by snarkpup
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To: snarkpup

Plus, when you have Mickey M. Mouse and Paulie Pluto’s signatures, it begs to question......


2 posted on 08/31/2016 7:33:41 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: snarkpup

This is really something for a voterless state.


3 posted on 08/31/2016 7:35:57 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: snarkpup

It was the Russians!


4 posted on 08/31/2016 7:56:14 AM PDT by Mannaggia l'America
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To: george76

Oh, those zany progressives...


5 posted on 08/31/2016 8:07:24 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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