Opening arguments began Tuesday in an extraordinary last-minute court challenge lodged against a Nebraska medical marijuana legalization campaign as voters continued to cast ballots a week before Election Day.
The main question hanging over the lawsuit against Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana – brought by an anti-cannabis former state senator and later joined by Nebraska’s top elections official – is whether votes cast for two MMJ legalization measures will count.
Legalization advocates characterized the lawsuit as a desperate, last-ditch ploy to yank the measure by any means necessary from the ballot, where it seemingly is likely to pass.
“The state has failed and will continue to fail to meet their burden to prove that any of the signatures certified by the Secretary of State and local election officials should be thrown out,” Adam Morfeld, a co-sponsor of the Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana campaign, told MJBizDaily in a statement.
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