LINCOLN - A Lancaster County District Court judge said Friday she intends to issue “narrowly” at the end of this week whether to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to invalidate Nebraska’s medical cannabis petitions. The lawsuit comes from John Kuehn, a former state senator, and seeks either to remove the two certified marijuana measures from the Nov. 5 ballot or prevent counting of votes and void the election results.

The lawsuit lays out several claims of issues with the validity of signatures on the ballot. However, Secretary of State Evnen denied each allegation in a brief. The defendants argue Kuehn thinks he is more equipped than the State to determine the validity of the election. This election cycle, election officials confirmed more than 600,000 signatures across 6 ballot initiatives.

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