BOULDER, Colo.—An oil and gas industry employee is challenging the validity of petitions seeking to ask voters whether to ban new oil and gas extraction in Lafayette.
Jon Hydeman, of Lafayette, says the petitions should be tossed because they didn’t include a legally required summary of proposed ballot language. His protest was announced Thursday by the Colorado Oil & Gas Association.
The Daily Camera reports () it couldn’t immediately reach Lafayette officials or petition supporters for comment Friday.
In Broomfield, officials said Friday that petitioners there have turned in enough valid signatures to ask voters about a five-year ban on an oil and gas extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing. Voters in Loveland and Lafayette also will consider hydraulic fracturing limits.
Petitioners in Fort Collins also are seeking fracking limits.
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Information from: Daily Camera,
