Nebraska activists have turned in what they hope will be more than enough signatures to put a pair of medical marijuana legalization initiatives on the state’s ballot this November—the third time the campaign has sought to let voters decide on the reform in recent years.
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) said on Wednesday that they have submitted more than 114,000 signatures for each of the proposals. They need 87,000 valid signatures per measure to qualify.
The campaign had prioritized meeting a separate requirement to gather signatures from at least five percent of voters in a minimum of 38 counties across the state, and activists previously said they were successful to that end.
NMM had worked to put medical cannabis on the ballot for two prior election cycles, only to come short due to setbacks such as the loss of critical funding in the last election cycle and intervention by the state Supreme Court in the prior attempt.
“The support behind our movement over the past couple of years has helped keep up the fight for the thousands of Nebraskans seeking the care that medical cannabis can bring them,” NMM said in an email blast to supporters. “We couldn’t have done this
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