Voter fraud

[BisonNation11]

Izzo says they were soliciting signatures. Do they really have the time to spearhead a ballot innitiative? I hope CAS is right. This has to be like strike 7 for Sam Ojuri.

IMO, they could have been asked to sign the petition, recognized, and asked to help get signatures due to their "celeb" status in the community. (Sorry, couldn't think of a better word than celeb) I'm hoping that's the case anyway and the only reason they are getting any attention is because of their names with ineligible addresses.

[KSBisonFan]

Josh Gatlin also named as one of the 11 charged

[CAS4127]

My understanding is they were paid to gather signatures for the ballot measure. Did they also sign and that's what constitutes fraud?

I'm not sure, as I was not aware of this initially. If they were the ones who gathered the signatures, they likely signed and notarized them, and hence the fraud charges if signatures were obviously invalid. Given that they likely had many a college student sign them and should have know residency and other requirements is likely what is leading to the fraud charges. Still not a big deal in my opinion.

[EndZoneQB]

My understanding is they were paid to gather signatures for the ballot measure. Did they also sign and that's what constitutes fraud?

I saw they were advertising on paying for circulating petitions, I thought that was normal?

[SDbison]

Makes sense. Plus, the reason for the petition doesn't help any...

This whole thing pisses me off.......really North Dakota? Don't you have better things to do? Recently, South Dakota threw out nearly 50% of the signatures in a petition drive, but nobody was prosecuted. What a bunch of BS. Of course, the medical marijuana cause would be put under the microscope in North Dakota.

[EndZoneQB]

Wow, this has the probability of being a major problem for the players named according to KFGO. Especially with coach Bohl being a no nonsense type when it comes to player discipline we could be looking at some suspensions if not players being kicked off the team all together. Reports are, that seven players are involved. Not trying to be a kill joy, but does anyone want to guess what our chances are against CSU now, or how the loss of these players will effect the rest of the season. I saw three big names on the list, how are our backups at those positions, does anyone know. I'm sure we would be ok at running back, but what about a replacement for Williams.

I'm sure they will get legal opinions and everyone will be in a holding pattern. This is far different than breaking most laws as it is not "common" knowledge. Obviously, ignorance is no excuse, but still...

[westnodak93bison]

If the players were employed to do a job wouldnt the employer be the responsible party?

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[*Bisonrube]

Guessing the FRAUD part is making up false names of the ballot and signing fake names. They get paid for getting names for petition.

[Grizzled]

Its weird that all those guys have a condition that they need medical mary jane.

[EndZoneQB]

This whole thing pisses me off.......really North Dakota? Don't you have better things to do? Recently, South Dakota threw out nearly 50% of the signatures in a petition drive, but nobody was prosecuted. What a bunch of BS. Of course, the medical marijuana cause would be put under the microscope in North Dakota.

And of course they would target the athletes on the list. So...only those certain people were paid to circulate?

Didn't a ton of signatures get thrown out for the Fighting Sioux thing earlier this year too? No charges were brought for that??