Medical Marijuana Legalization Petition Ready For Nebraska Ballot, Dying Hospice Patient Signs On Deadline Day
Nebraska cannabis activists garnered enough signatures to place two petitions to legalize medical marijuana on the November 2024 ballot.
The first petition would require state politicians to pass laws protecting physicians who recommend medical cannabis and patients who need it. The second would impose legislation to set up rules for the medical cannabis program.
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana collected signatures “until the very last moment” on Wednesday, July 3, a deadline to submit both petitions to the Secretary of States Office, before turning in over 114,000 for each by mid-afternoon, reported Nebraska Examiner.
For the initiative to appear on the ballot, NMM had to submit 86,500 verified voter signatures, a goal activists failed to reach in 2020 and again in 2022.
Crista Eggers, campaign manager of NMM, praised the achievement.
“You can never have enough, never have enough, …