Nebraska certified two ballot measures Friday to legalize medical marijuana even though the state’s Republican attorney general said their supporters may have submitted at least several thousand invalid signatures, which could keep them from becoming law.
Attorney General Mike Hilgers made the statement during a Zoom news conference with a local prosecutor to announce a felony charge against a local petition circulator over fraudulent signatures. A deputy sheriff said in a sworn statement that there were problems with 164 signatures on 38 pages of the petitions for the proposals. The man’s attorney declined comment.
The deputy’s affidavit also said the man was paid by the hour to collect signatures and submitted more than 100 petition pages. According to t