SHERIFF TO PROBE OHIO PETITION PROBLEMS: From the Akron Beacon Journal

The look into potentially forged Summit County petitions to get an anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment on the Ohio ballot is now a criminal probe.

The Summit County Board of Elections turned over information -- that 20 to 30 signatures appear to be forged -- to Summit County Sheriff Drew Alexander's office Tuesday morning.

It isn't the first time this election season that circulators hired to gather Ohio signatures have faced criminal probes of questionable petitions.

Two circulators who worked a Florida initiative are facing nearly 100 counts of fraud there. ...

Summit County Board of Elections officials reiterated Tuesday that only one of the petition's circulators collected the 20 to 30 signatures the board referred to the Sheriff's Office. ...

The same Florida firm -- JSM Inc. -- that provided petitions with invalid signatures to get presidential hopeful Ralph Nader on the Ohio ballot was hired to gather signatures for the gay marriage amendment.

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