Nebraska voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported two initiatives to legalize and regulate medical cannabis, although state courts still could decide the citizen-led ballot measures should have been left off the ballot altogether.
More than 70% of the state’s 693,944 ballots had been counted as of 12:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday, and a ballot initiative that would permit health care providers to recommend medical marijuana was winning with 71% of voters in favor and 29% against, according to the Nebraska Secretary of State.
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A second ballot measure to implement a regulated medical marijuana market also appeared all but assured to win, with 67% of voters in favor compared with 33% against.
Crista Eggers, statewide campaign manager for Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, said voting for
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