Nebraska: Opponents try to strip medical marijuana measure off ballot

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Source: Associated Press

Opponents try to strip medical marijuana measure off ballot

By GRANT SCHULTE
August 26, 2020

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Opponents of a ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana asked Nebraska’s top election official Wednesday to reject the proposal before it goes to voters, just as he did with a proposal to allow casino gambling.

Mark Fahleson, a Lincoln attorney and former Nebraska Republican Party chairman, argued in a letter to Secretary of State Bob Evnen that the measure violates the state constitution.

Fahleson said in the letter that the ballot measure violates Nebraska’s single-subject rule, which bars petition sponsors from bunching multiple issues into one yes-or-no question for voters to decide.

“We request that you withhold this legally insufficient measure from the ballot,” he said.

Fahleson argued that the ballot measure poses two separate questions: whether residents should have the right to use marijuana for medical purposes, and whether private companies should be allowed to grow and sell it.

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1. Just Another Reason To NEVER Visit Nebraska

As if I needed another.