LINCOLN - On the final day to certify the November 5th general election ballot, Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen certified ballot initiatives to legalize and regulate medical marijuana in Nebraska. The campaign from Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana officially garnered nearly 90,000 valid signatures as of Friday.

The two campaigns are seeking to legalize possessing, manufacturing, distributing, delivering, and dispensing cannabis for medical purposes. The other petition, the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Patient Protection Act, would set an allowable amount of medical cannabis at five ounces.

The certification by Evnen happened the same day that Attorney General Hillgers announced an arrest of a signature collector for having over 200 invalid signatures. Additionally, a lawsuit filed by former State Senator John Kuehn of Heartwell seeks to either prevent Nebraskans from voting on the measures or prevent Evnen and other constitutional officers from certifying the results of those measures.

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