The Bismark Tribune: North Dakota lawmakers decided Monday to clamp down on the type of
petition fraud that invalidated two initiated measures last fall.  Signing someone else’s name to a petition could be a felony under a bill approved by the Senate.  “The
intent is to relay the importance of our election process and that we
are serious about voter and election fraud,” said Sen. Donald Schaible,
R-Mott.  Last fall, two initiated measures failed to make the
ballot after it was revealed many of the signatures on the petitions
were fraudulent.