by Michelle Malkin
...This week, two anti-fracking initiatives backed by deep-pocketed
environmental lobbying heavyweights, such as the Sierra Club and
Greenpeace, failed to gather enough signatures. The more draconian of
the efforts, Initiative 78, would have imposed a mandatory 2,500-foot
setback around all oil and gas operations -- essentially halting
drilling in upward of 95 percent of Colorado's energy-rich land area.
These drastic attempts to sabotage the oil and gas industry didn't just miss by inches. They missed by a mile high and wide.
Colorado
Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced that supporters of the two
measures surpassed the required signature threshold but not by enough to
compensate for the number of signatures that were rejected during a
random sampling. One of the initiatives garnered 77,000 signatures out
of about 98,000 needed to qualify for the ballot; the other, 79,000.
Every other state initiative campaign (on issues ranging from primary
election reform to cigarette taxes to assisted suicide) this year hit
the mark.
Worse for eco-activists, the secretary of state reported
that the petition for the de facto fracking moratorium included
"several potentially forged signature lines" and has been referred to
the state attorney general for investigation. At least one hired
signature gatherer told KUSA-TV that homeless men in Denver filled out
forms with "bulls---."
Election fraud? What election fraud? Yep, that election fraud.
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