OMAHA- The medical marijuana campaign recently received a significant ruling that strips petition circulators' requirement to gather signatures from at least 5% of voters in 38 or more counties.

U.S. District Judge John Gerrard issued an order that temporarily bars the state from enforcing the requirement, which is enshrined in the Nebraska Constitution to guarantee at least some buy-in from rural voters before an issue can appear on a statewide ballot.

The ruling comes at a very favorable time as July 7th was the day that at least 87,000 valid signatures were to be due to the Nebraska secretary of state.

Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana and the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska argued that the requirement violates free speech and equal protection rights by making some voters' signatures more valuable than others.

Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen announced that he will be appealing the decision.

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