Nebraska activists are officially collecting signatures to put a pair of medical marijuana legalization initiatives on the state’s 2024 ballot.
About two months after submitting the petitions to the secretary of state’s office, Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) is now in petitioning mode and seeking donations and volunteers to assist in the grassroots effort.
This is the campaign’s third attempt to allow voters to decide on medical cannabis legalization. Advocates collected enough signatures for ballot placement in 2020, but the measure was invalidated by the state Supreme Court following a single subject challenge. And they came up short on signatures for revised petitions amid a loss of critical funding in 2022.
“This time, we’re starting early,” NMM said in an email blast to supporters last week. “Our deadline to collect enough valid signatures is July 3, 2024, and we’re not letting up for a second.”
Nebraska lawmakers, including NMM co-chair Sen. Anna Wishart (D), have also attempted to enact the reform legislatively, but cannabis bills have consistently stalled out in the conservative legislature.
“That’s why we have no choice but to continue petitioning our government,” the group’s email said. “The Legislature refuses to act despite the majority of Nebraskans—from all parties, regions, ages,
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