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A massive petition fraud investigation in Nebraska has exploded beyond its initial scope, now scrutinizing all four statewide citizen initiatives—including online sports betting and gender-based school sports rules—and touching nearly every petition drive this election cycle. With over 750,000 signatures under review, officials are still tallying exact numbers as the process is painstakingly slow. Five out-of-state circulators have already been arrested on felony charges for falsifying oaths, with one suspect still at large. The Secretary of State has referred allegations from a former senator’s gubernatorial campaign to the Attorney General after thousands of his signatures were invalidated in one county. Petition organizers are cooperating fully, while authorities vow to follow the evidence without political interference—before the September 11 deadline to certify ballot measures. This could reshape what Nebraskans vote on this year.

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