An 11th-hour legal challenge to Nebraska’s medical marijuana ballot initiative could extend to Monday, the eve of Election Day.
Witness testimony in the civil trial in Lancaster County began Wednesday and resumed at 8 a.m. CT on Friday, according to the Nebraska Examiner.
The trial was scheduled for three days.
The lawsuit against the Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana campaign, filed by an anti-cannabis former state senator and supported by top Republican officials, aims to confirm whether nearly 50,000 of the 115,000 signatures submitted from registered voters that were certified by the secretary of state are valid.
The questions over the contested ballots pertain to both of the state’s medical marijuana ballot initiatives.
Regardless of the court ruling, Nebraskans have been weighing in on the MMJ initiatives during early voting and will continue to do so until the polls close Tuesday.
At issue during the trial is whether those votes will end up being counted.
According to a recent Midwest Newsroom/Emerson College Polling survey, 59% of respondents support MMJ legalization, with 33% opposed and 8% undecided.
