NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT TEN. THIS MORNING I CERTIFIED THE BALLOT FOR OUR NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. NOW OUR BALLOTS ARE COMPLICATED. THAT'S RIGHT. WE NOW KNOW WHAT WILL BE ON THE NEBRASKA BALLOT COME THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M BILL SCHAMMERT. I'M WAVERLE MONROE, AND AFTER MULTIPLE LAWSUITS AND HOURS OF SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION, FIVE INITIATIVES AND ONE REFERENDUM WILL GO BEFORE VOTERS. THAT INCLUDES TWO ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA. NOW, THE NEBRASKA ATTORNEY GENERAL IS INVOLVED IN THAT EFFORT BECAUSE HE SAYS SOMEBODY FRAUDULENTLY ADDED SIGNATURES TO THE PETITION. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S SEAN MACKINNON JOINS US IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE RESPONSE FROM ELECTION OFFICIALS. SEAN WAVERLE BILL, THE NEBRASKA SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS VOTERS SHOULD BREATHE EASIER KNOWING ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON PETITIONS AND THEIR BALLOTS. NOW, THOUGH, AN INVESTIGATION REMAINS OPEN INTO THOUSANDS OF SIGNATURES FOR THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PETITIONS IN HALL COUNTY. THINGS THAT REALLY STOOD OUT. ELECTION COMMISSIONERS FIND GLARING ERRORS IN THE NAMES SUBMITTED ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA PETITIONS. WE HAD DECEASED PEOPLE, THEIR NAMES WERE ON THE PETITION PAGES. WE HAD PEOPLE WHO MISSPELLED THEIR OWN NAME. THE INVESTIGATION MADE ITS WAY TO LINCOLN AND ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE HILGERS. NOW THERE ARE FELONY CHARGES AGAINST A 66 YEAR OLD MAN ACCUSED OF FAKING 164 SIGNATURES. HILGERS SAYS THEY FOUND IRREGULARITIES ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA PETITIONS. IN OTHER COUNTIES. THERE ARE AT LEAST SEVERAL THOUSAND SIGNATURES THAT ARE IMPLICATED. I DON'T HAVE MORE TO SAY IN DEPTH ABOUT THAT TODAY, BUT WE WILL IN THE COMING DAYS. SECRETARY OF STATE BOB EVNEN CERTIFIED THE NOVEMBER BALLOT FRIDAY AND INCLUDED THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PETITIONS. HE SAYS THE AMOUNT OF ALLEGED FRAUDULENT NAMES WASN'T ENOUGH TO DISQUALIFY IT, BUT THAT COULD, IN THEORY, CHANGE. THIS INVESTIGATION, HOWEVER, IS NOT OVER. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. EVEN GAVE EXAMPLES WHERE THE NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT STEPPED IN, EVEN AFTER THE BALLOT WAS CERTIFIED AND DECLARED AN INITIATIVE UNLAWFUL. SO THE FACT THAT WE HAD A HARD STOP AND CERTIFIED THE BALLOT TODAY DOESN'T MEAN THAT NOTHING FURTHER IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE NEBRASKANS FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAMPAIGN SAYS IT'S GRATEFUL FOR THE INVESTIGATION INTO PETITION IRREGULARITIES AND PROTECTION OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS. THEY SAY THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THE NOVEMBER TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION, WHEN THE PEOPLE'S VOICES ON THE ISSUE WILL BE HEARD. COUNTY ELECTION COMMI