Christa EggerLeader of an initiative that would make it possible Nebraskans vote to legalize medicinal cannabisshe recently expressed “absolute disgust” that civil servants have yet to complete a final verification of petition signatures.
“Our campaign should have been shown the decency to complete this process without making any assumptions of its own.” Eggers wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Bob Evnen (R). “Our right to explore possible challenges has been taken away from us as we have now run out of time.”
Additionally, Eggers said Nebraskans have not yet received a final decision for MMJ on whether they were close to submitting the required number of signatures and, as a result, have now lost the ability to legally oppose the count. reported Marijuana moment.
State law requires groups to object to a count within 10 days submitting their signatures, a deadline that has already passed. In addition, the counting of additional signatures is ongoing, but officials said it will be completed soon.
What happened:
The medical marijuana group was told on Aug. 22 that it had not submitted enough signatures to qualify for November’s election. Failed to collect required valid ones Signatures of 86,776 voters and failed to meet another requirement: to rally at least 5 percent of registered voters in 38 of the state’s 93 counties for his two petitions.
days after Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen announced that Nebraskans for medical marijuana (NMM) failed to submit enough valid signatures place two medicinal marijuana initiatives At the November vote, officials agreed to reconsider the matter.
Eggers, whose son suffers from frequent seizures and needs medical treatments with marijuana, said that despite the failure, efforts to legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes will continue. “The talks are happening right now to repopulate the language and move forward,” she said.
However, polls showed that Nebrascans supports the legalization…
