this year, we learned today they did not have enough valid signatures to get on the ballot. drilled deeper, though, in the petitions, not the earth, and there is layer after layer of similar signatures, the same stuff that led to criminal forgery charges against petition signature gather. in the new round, we find a fracking dumpster fire of a democratic process and a suggestion from the secretary of state on one way to fix it. here is steve >> reporter: this is not a throw away page. >> sworn statement that they appeared in front of them. >> reporter: a sworn statement that when you collected signatures, you collected valid ones, this signature gatherer said he did, you got to admit, the hand writing on some is pretty similar, and look at the signatures, shockingly similar as well. yet, they are all different people. >> if we see a page where it

exactly matching signature, we refer it to the attorney general office. >> he said the issue came when working with homeless people. let me quote him "some of the homeless men didn't have sdraeszs so the friends-- addresses so the friends would be like i used to write that this address. they just wrote bull [ bleep ]." doesn't make it okay. >> we are depending on it for the integrity of the process. >> not my signature, but this is my name. >> a gatherer was arrested and charged with forging signatures for jon keyser and jim smallwood earlier this year, the secretary of state doesn't individually go through the petition but a new software may make it possible. >> we could add this process, it would insure things were more valid and take some time, it

steve staeger. >> the attorney general's office is going to look into it and there are more example than the ones steve showed you. there is a chance when they talked to saeed, they may want to ask about the signature, distinctive wing on it. what are the odds? the same as the people he met out there, jasmine, wing, jack, wing, harris, wing. interesting. anyway, we will follow up. the faa's new drone rules in effect today deal with where drones fly, but address the privacy concerns. commercial drones have to weigh less than 55 pounds, cannot fly over 400 feet, not over 100 miles an hour, only during daylight hours. operatorvise to qualify for flying licenses, must be 16 or older. we have a link to the drone testing scepters on our-- centers on our facebook page. best practice guidelines with privacy, the issue, the faa will

there is a drone over your backyard in denver. police tell us they won't get involved either. the jewelry heist investigated at the airport is not ocean's 11 stuff, but it does appear to be an inside job involving diamonds and a bag. the united airline employee, rafael magana, is accused of felony theft, supposed to be holding on to a jewelry case left behind from a passenger frup aspen, he held on-- from aspen, he held on to it all right, investigators say he got caught on diamond earrings, bracelets, and shiny things worth $129,000 and dumping them in a paper stack and then skedaddling. police say when rafael magana was confronted, he confessed. voting is sexy, and colorado is one hot state, hotter than the other ones, it came out today that colorado has the highest percentage of registered voters in america, according to the state election director, 86% registered in the 2014 elections, we are a battle

register voters. the progressive group, new era colorado, focusing on young people. >> colorado made voter registration a lot more accessible for people, but for young voters, the election's newest voters need to be introduced to the process so being a friendly, pier to pier face, meeting them where they are at to introduce them is important. >> if you want to get in on the sexiness, you can register through november, online, over the phone, or via text. some registered are likely to end up in jill stein's camp, despite the dissatisfaction with the major part candidate, stein, the green party, barely making a dent in polls, single digit. campaign swing through colorado yesterday we asked stein how she would support the thousand of coloradans she would displace from traditional energy jobs. >> we know your stance, transitioning to clean energy by 2030. what do you say to the thousands of people employed by fracking in the state?

them if you get rid of them? >> they must be assured that they will not go without a job and without benefits. >> dr. stein has an invitation for questions on next. colorado parks and wildlife is having trouble paying its bills these days, already had to eliminate more than 50 jobs and $40 million out of the budget. parks and wildlife is talking about closing access to public lands, shutting down and limiting hunt ing licenses, wants to double in-state hunting and fishing licenses. but you can imagine that is not going over well in the public meetings they are holding around the state. >> understandably, we have some folks who said, you know, my wife, we see a play, it costs $200. double your fees, whatever you need to do. do it, you guys. then we have folks, you know, long-term hunters, their whole

recreation and how we feed our family and we don't appreciate it and are suggesting you should double fees. >> fee increase would have to be approved by the state legislature, parks and wildlife has another sell job to do after talking with the public. just because most everyone can agree that denver and boulder have an issue with homelessness does not mean there is agreement about proposed solutions. our dan grossman looks at one method discussed and debated in boulder. ? ? >> there is always going to be people who judge and never really know who they are talking to. >> this can be isolating. ? ? >> kind of scary, live by the seat of your pants, a little bit. >> for laura and boyfriend, jeff smith, it is disorienting. imagine this life at 18. >> housing is a right.

so keen on helping. >> the relationship, the support, the services that they need comes once they have housing. >> clair is talking about housing first, the idea that once there is a home, there is a basis for stability. >> it is about providing people with what they need most. >> non-profit attention, homes, wants to build a 40-unit housing committee near pearl street, no sobriety or job needed. >> we will be attracting even more than we already have now a isn't too happy about it. >> we know there is homeless activity here, but to ask for more in this immediate area is problematic. >> reporter: among the issues she says will come, safety and similation are the top 2. >> some neighbors experienced syringes in their alleys. >> reporter: ask those who have been there and it is a safety line they rarely see.

given up on them. >> reporter: for a life that is often isolated, help never looked so divided. >> just everybody love everybody, you know? ? ? >> reporter: for next, this is dan grossman. >> the proposed non-sober homeless center could open in boulder in 2019. curious what you think, especially if you or somebody you know had experience with perspective. e mail us next@9news.com or eynext. next, without question, the single most important story we have aired on this program. a cross country search for an answer to a single question. >> my name is chris vanderveen. >> what will it take for the government to act on a known safety problem that keeps killing people? especially considering the faa's manager of aviation says he

things anymore. that is next.

today's storm is really a taste of fall here in some parts of the metro area, sweater

been watching snowfall, yes, and a lot of it. look at our web camera at pike's peak, we have been watching the snowfall early this morning through the afternoon, about 8 inches stacking up out there at the summit. it is all because of the storm system sitting in south central colorado across the san luis valley, whipping up all of this moisture into parts of the metro area, coming in from the northeast to the southwest, aerial flood as voyeurs is in place for parts of weld county until 8:00, heavy dowrs the big story has been the hail, tough to plow through it all in colorado springs, the flash flood warning ends around 7:45 and showererize beginning to-- showers are begining to wind down. this storm is a slow mover, tracking southeastern colorado and we are keeping the rain on repeat for your tuesday afternoon. i thing the storms push out later this evening by 10:00-11:00, mostly cloudy skies and tomorrow morning you might actually find a little bit of fog out there at the bus stop by

wednesday but finally a bit of a warm up as we head towards the kauld weekend. kyle-- holiday weekend. american civilian helicopter fleet has a problem with fires, if you paid attention to our 9 wants to know investigation, you know that. when chris vanderveen sought interviews he was told no on-camera interview. chris decided the issue is too important to be brushed off with written statements. ? ? >> pilot, paramedic, flight nurses. impressive. >> reporter: no one here needs another reminder of what is at stake. >> ronald scott rector, missouri. >> reporter: the annual air medical ceremony, the cost of the status quo remains all too clear. >> he was our hope for the

her son last year, surveillance video shows the fire ball that erupted after impact, a federal investigation concluded the fire and not the crash killed him. >> once that fuel is ignited, no one has a chance. >> reporter: we have already shown you other post-crash fires, fires that only happen because of ant quated fuel systems that were-- antiquated fuel systems. active congress. >> reporter: after our investigation congress wanted answers. for monthathize federal aviation administration denies interview requests. we traveld to the one place we knew people with the faa would undoubtedly be, massive and annual air show in oshkosh, wisconsin. >> my name is chris vanderveen, i am reporter out of colorado.

faa manager. first, more on a prab lm the faa-- problem the faa has side steped for decades. studies, many dating back to the 70s and early 80s, have repeatedly warned the faa of the problem, finally in 1994, the faa deiseded to act but in doing so also created a massive loophole, and that allowed manufacturers to build thousands of new helicopters with the same old p >> the helicopter crash. >> reporter: systems like the one that ruptured on a flight for life last year in frisco, burning dave on more than 90% of his body. we were thinking of the flight nurse when we finally tracked down the head of the faa at a q&a session for pilots at the wisconsin air show. >> reporter: there is a individual by the name of dave repture. it would become our first and only chance to talk to michael. >> reporter: my question is

need to address this issue? >> this is something that we are actually very focused on now. i don't have a specific answer in terms of the when, but, peggy, i don't know if there is something you would want to add. >> reporter: peggy never did get up. >> something we have a lot of smart people looking at. >> reporter: one of those smart people... >> you are a pilot yourself? >> i am. >> reporter: jim viola, manager we told you about earlier. >> how much time before enough is enough? >> well, that is the hard question to ask. >> reporter: maybe that is because he told us he decided to a few years ago the only helicopters he would fly would be helicopters with the latest crash resistant fuel systems on board. >> i was at the point where i wasn't going to fly in a helicopter that dent didn't have the up-- that didn't have the upgrade. >> the faa would refuse close to 5,000 helicopters in use today.

fool when i catch a skid and it catches fire. >> reporter: to date, the faa sees no problem if others, many unsuspecting, decide to fly in one. people like dave, who spent more than a year in the hospital. >> reporter: what do you say to him? >> that is where i said that change could happen. right now, industry can stop producing aircraft that don't have this. >> reporter: industry, the same industry that has waited 4 decades for guidance from the faa. no wonder rector is concerned about more fires. >> good people have to get off their rear end and do something. >> reporter: and more reminders for a group of people in need of no more. >> we have to speak up, otherwise we are not going to make any progress. >> reporter: for next, chris vanderveen 9 news. >> there is a working group studying the problem for the faa

year. if statistics are our guide, we are likely to see 1-2 helicopter crashes and deadly fires by that time. if you haven't seen this, you had a busy weekend, if you have seen it, you know you want to watch again. after telling you about the city of denver suing a guy over his dangerous steps, we heard

may i make a recommendation? we point you towards something, anything, not ours but is awesome. we lied this is ours but it is really awesome. too stinking good not to see again, they can't stop on espn, junior columbine high school, dillan prichert didn't count. the ref said off side. it is awesome, dillan, you own this the rest of your life, baby, none of us have pulled off one of those. the city of denver suing a home owner after an employee got hurt on the steps, here is a similar story, responding to call they ran against this set of unsafe steps, they offered to come back by the house while the owner was in the hospital and

thankful, we should be. special thank you to berthoud fire, engineer cole and firefighter peacock. the 16th street mall is looking at some issues these days, violence, drugs, but if you go down there you will look at something shiny and new, battery-powered mall ride shuttles, our politics guy, brandon rittiman couldn't help but notice bear resemblance, r free bag of pretzels but you can bag an board.

quick tip, don't eat anything growing in denver public parks, a tweet says i feel like i saw cherries and mini apples in city parks. denver parks and rec with recommend anything eat anything growing in a public park." very good. raging debate online about whether next is terrible because it is nothing like the news, or whether next is terrible because it is exactly like the news. jake tweets it is like the regular news without a tie. william says this show is terrible, you lost a viewer until you reestablished something that resembles the news. i don't know how we reconcile those 2, maybe with rick foster

thank you, rick.

inside vmas, the moments you didn't see on tv. beyonce drops the much did her daughter blue ivy's dress cost? rihanna kept the party going after the show. >> why was she with her ex? >> inside rob lowe's roast. >> get ready to bring it and take it. >> as stars recreaae his teen we uncover the one who claims she hooked up with him. and head home to iowa with

singing. >> mila cheers them on. is their young daughter picking up bad habits from their dad? >> where did you get that? >> from august 29, 2016, this is "entertainment tonight." >> it was a record-breaking night for beyonce and her daughter blue ivy. i'm sure no 4-year-old has ever worn a dress that costs as much as the one blue ivy wore. >> that was one of the highlights of the night that did belong to the queen b. beyonce demolished the vmas. her 16-minute performance was by far the crowd favorite. the singer made history. >> and the winger is -- beyonce! >> beyonce! >> passing madonna's all-time record for most wins at the vma.