More than 13,300 signatures tied to a campaign to change Lincoln’s city charter have been flagged as suspected fraud and referred to law enforcement.
The signatures were submitted by Good Government Lincoln, a conservative group led by former Nebraska state senator and former state Tax Commissioner Tony Fulton. The group is trying to put three charter amendments before Lincoln voters involving term limits, election dates and voting rights for some residents outside city limits.
Lancaster County election officials rejected thousands of signatures — including more than 4,300 suspected fraudulent signatures on the term-limits petition alone.
Now the questions get bigger.
Who collected the questionable signatures? Who supervised the circulators? Were particular petition gatherers responsible for large numbers of them? And will the investigation ultimately result in criminal charges?
A law-enforcement referral is not proof that Good Government Lincoln, its organizers or its consultants committed a crime. But more than 13,000 suspected fraudulent signatures demands answers.
Nebraska politicians talk constantly about election integrity. This is where that principle gets tested.
Same rules. Same standards. Follow the evidence wherever it leads.
Dan Parsons breaks down what happened, what we know so far and what comes next in the growing Lincoln petition scandal.
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