A significant legal challenge to the ballot measures seeking to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska won’t be resolved before Election Day, a state judge acknowledged.
Two voter initiatives that would legalize medical cannabis in the state and lay the foundation for a regulated industry have been certified for the state ballot despite accusations from state officials that at least some signatures qualifying the measures for the ballot were obtained fraudulently.
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State officials will have to show proof at an Oct. 29 trial that a “significant number of signatures” were fraudulently obtained, Lancaster County Judge Susan Strong said during an Oct. 11 hearing, according to the Lincoln Journal Star.
That all but guarantees the matter won’t be resolved before the Nov. 5 election,
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