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Via Raw Story:
Conspiracy theorists have gathered more than 53,000 signatures to place a 9/11 “truther” measure on the ballot.
The nonprofit group NYC Coalition for Accountably Now wants voters to decide whether New York City’s Department of Buildings should investigate the collapse of any building taller than 20 stories dating back to Sept. 11, 2001, reported Crain’s New York Business.
The measure does not include the Twin Towers, so only the collapse of 7 World Trade Center would fit the description laid out by activists, who have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in their campaign to force an investigation.
The group’s executive director insists his organization wants only to find out why 7 WTC collapsed and prevent future building collapses.
“The 9/11 truth movement by and large supports what we’re doing because, if we’re successful, it will lead to an investigation of Building 7’s collapse,” said executive director Ted Walter. “We’re not directly affiliated with them.”
New York City successfully challenged a referendum placed on the ballot by Walter’s group, which now calls itself the Highrise Safety Initiative, in 2009.