Friday, May 14, 2010

Oklahoma man sentenced for falsifying Nebraska petitions seeking to ban affirmative action

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Ft Smith - Fayetteville, AR
By Associated Press
3:14 PM CDT, May 14, 2010

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 55-year-old Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 160 days time served for falsely swearing to signatures he collected for a ballot proposal in Nebraska.Mark Brown of Tulsa, Okla., had pleaded no contest in Lancaster County District Court to three felony counts of false swearing to a circulator's affidavit. He had been paid per signature to circulate petitions to get a measure to ban affirmative action on the November 2008 ballot.

Full Story: http://www.kfsm.com/news/sns-ap-ne--circulatorsentenced,0,4740717.story

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