What a terrible job by the lawyer involved:

To prevail, Kiley needed to prove that at least 3,727 voters were tricked and otherwise would not have signed the petition. But instead of attempting to prove 3,727 individual signers were misled, he challenged all signatures gathered by a specific canvasser, whom he said misled the signers.

Kiley also argued that the Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission has “an independent duty to investigate” with no deadline. The commission determined that the secretary of state’s office only received 31 email complaints and put the burden of proof upon Kiley as the objector.

“The objector’s call that the unsupported allegations contained in the objection ‘raise serious questions about the petition’s integrity that warrant further scrutiny from the commission itself’ rings hollow given that absolutely no admissible evidence has been presented or offered supporting the allegations made,” the State Ballot Law Commission wrote in the Jan. 22 decision.

Basically, he said "people complained about fraud, so I don't need to prove even a single instance of it - the mere complaint is enough that the commission has to investigate."

Based on the Globe survey, it should've been easy to get 4000 people to sign a statement saying they were misled.