LINCOLN - Hours before the deadline to finalize the November ballot, Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers said his office is continuing to investigate “several thousand signatures” on ballot initiative petitions. Hilgers has said that his office has investigated several irregularities in the signature collection process.

A signature collector has been arrested in Hall County after an investigation found he had collected over 200 fraudulent signatures. However, Hall County Election Commissioner Tracy Overstreet confirmed that those signatures were not included in the final numbers submitted to the Secretary of State. Crista Eggers, campaign manager for Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, thanked Hilgers for his work on the matter, calling for accountability on signature collectors who violate the standards they are held to.

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