LINCOLN- New polling found that 70% of respondents are ready to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska and that a majority of those responding want to approve a novel alternative to property, sales and income taxes. The poll, conducted for Neilan Strategy Group, mirrors polling done by a group seeking to place the medical cannabis issue on the 2024 ballot.

The Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana said their polling in 2022 showed that 80% of registered voters were in favor of legalization. “Nebraskans are clearly ready to legalize medical marijuana,” said Perre Neilan of Neilan Strategy Group. Crista Eggers of Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana said that she’s not surprised “whatsoever” by the poll results in that it mirrors what they’ve seen in recent years.

This year marks the third time the medical marijuana group has tried to get the issue before voters, after failing to find favor with the issue in the Nebraska Legislature. To qualify for the ballot, an initiative seeking a law change must gather the signatures of about 86,000 registered voters and get signers from at least 5% of voters from 38 of state’s 93 counties.

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