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Nebraska: Opponents try to strip medical marijuana measure off ballot
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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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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Read more: https://apnews.com/a007dbcd9b1bc94dbd424e6c3c951dff
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