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US (NE): Ballot sponsors defend medical cannabis measures in post-trial filing

The ballot sponsors behind Nebraska's successful medical cannabis measures on Election Day have made a final plea to a district judge to uphold the petition efforts and election results.

Attorneys for the Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana campaign, which sponsored Initiative Measures 437 and 438 for the Nov. 5 election, again urged Lancaster County District Judge Susan Strong to reject efforts to invalidate tens of thousands of signatures for alleged circulator "fraud" or notary "malfeasance," based on what they said was a lack of evidence.

Nebraskans overwhelmingly approved both measures at the ballot box.

"If anything, the four-day trial confirmed the accuracy and expertise of Nebraska's county election officials, who validated the signatures in the first place," the attorneys wrote in a post-trial brief submitted Friday.

Read more at nebraskaexaminer.com

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