[Diddle E. Squat]

Well if they really did use unscrupulous methods, throw the book at them.

However, I'd like to see an investigation into whether the false signatures have any connection to gay groups. I suspect many more arrests could be made in that opposite direction, if investigators were willing to look. A big 'if'.

[gcruse]

But he told reporters for Spanish-language television that
the arrest was part of an organized effort to undermine the
campaign against the amendment.

In related developements,

   i Cardinal Bernard Law told reporters his depositions were
             coerced by Satan in an attempt to destroy Catholicism.

  i Jeffrey Dahmer has denounced his prison sentence
           as an organized attempt to discredit cannibalism.

  i Hillary Clinton told NBC's Today Show that claims
            her husband had sex with Monica Lewinsky were
            an organized attack by a vast right wing conspiracy.

[Looking for Diogenes]

I'd like to see an investigation into whether the false signatures have any connection to gay groups. I suspect many more arrests could be made in that opposite direction, if investigators were willing to look.

Did you read the article? The arrests are not due to false signatures. The gatherers are accused of unscrupulous methods.

Anthony Verdugo, 40, was arrested Friday morning by agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, said Chip Thullbery, a spokesman for the Polk County State Attorney’s Office, the special prosecutor for the case. Verdugo was charged with one count of falsely swearing that he had witnessed someone signing a petition calling for the referendum.

Two others were arrested on similar charges and fourth is being sought.

There were false signatures found, but not enough to invalidate the initiative.