LINCOLN - Nebraskans who have worked on a long-running initiative petition campaign to get medical cannabis on the November ballot turned in more than 182,000 signatures Thursday. "Every one of these petition sheets that we're turning in today, and every one of the signatures that we're turning in, it has a story about it, about a Nebraskan who had the courage to help us collect and patients who need access across our state," said Lincoln Sen. Anna Wishart, who with Lincoln Sen. Adam Morfeld led the petition campaign.

The number needed was about 122,000 signatures, more than 10% of the voters in the state. The campaign had to be put on pause for a time because of the pandemic, but got 123,000 signatures in June, after signature collections began again. Those signatures will now be validated by the secretary of state.

The ballot initiative comes after several attempts to legalize medical cannabis fell short in the Legislature.

The latest bill (LB110) was sent to senators in 2019 after work on refining the measure. Wishart, who introduced the bill, got input from law enforcement, pharmacists, doctors, chambers of commerce, and patients.

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