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D.C. Official Wants to Tighten Law After Forgeries Found on Gambling Petitions10 August 2004WASHINGTON -- As reported by the Associated Press: "After city officials spent days examining petitions for forgeries in an initiative to bring video lottery terminals to the District of Columbia, a city councilman wants to do more than bet it won't happen again. "Councilman Adrian Fenty, D-Ward 4, plans to introduce legislation when the council returns next month that would ban the machines. He said the council should consider tightening laws to "pre-empt something like this from happening." "Last week, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics refused to put the gambling measure before voters on the Nov. 2 ballot after tossing thousands of illegal signatures collected by a group during a five-day petition drive. "...A report detailing the elections board's ruling on the gambling initiative is expected early this week. Spokesman Bill O'Field said the board will decide later whether to issue fines for the invalid petitions..." |