Nebraska Medical Marijuana Initiative Has Enough Signatures For Ballot, But Legal Challenge Filed

Activists behind a campaign to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska announced on Wednesday that the secretary of state’s office has informed them they collected enough signatures to qualify their initiative for the November ballot. Meanwhile, a law firm representing unnamed state residents filed a last-minute legal challenge attempting to prevent voters from having a chance to decide on the measure. Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana said in an email blast that while the secretary of state has not formally certified the initiative, office staff informed them that they submitted enough valid signatures to make the cut. There’s “no doubt that we met the constitutional requirements for signature collection,” Sens. Anna Wishart (D) and Adam Morfeld (D), cochairs of the campaign, said. “This is an unbelievable achievement, and we’re ecstatic,” they said. “As much as we want to celebrate, there’s no time to waste. Nebraskans will begin casting their ballots next month, and we have to quickly ramp up our efforts to fight back against a very well-funded opposition campaign.” “Just like we succeeded in the signature drive, our campaign can’t win at the ballot box without your help,” the email states. “Nebraskans have made their voices clear that they want a chance to vote on medical marijuana in November—now let’s win.” In a press release, Wishart emphasized that the campaign “collected 123,000 signatures in one month—during a pandemic.” “We couldn’t have done that without the support of tens of thousands of Nebraskans across the state,” she said. “This is overwhelming evidence…

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