Petition gatherer for Colorado oil, gas measure quits effort

DENVER (AP) — A group behind a proposed Colorado initiative to severely limit new oil and gas drilling on non-federal land has parted ways with a petition-gathering firm in a payment dispute.

The group, Boulder-based Colorado Rising, insists its effort to collect enough voter signatures to get the initiative on the November ballot will continue, Colorado Politics reported Wednesday.

Six other firms are circulating petitions for the organization, which must submit nearly 98,500 valid voter signatures to the secretary of state's office by Aug. 6 to place it on the ballot.

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