Anti-fracking measures fail to make Nov. ballot

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DENVER - Colorado election officials today rejected two ballot initiatives aimed at curbing oil and gas development in the Centennial State, ruling sponsors had failed to collect enough signatures to put the proposals before voters in November. Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced that the measures, known as Initiative 78 and Initiative 75, each submitted more than the 98,492 signatures required, but a random sampling showed that about 20 percent of them would likely prove invalid after a full review.