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(Sep. 8) -- Nevadans will not get to vote on a measure to legalize small amounts of marijuana. A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the initiative didn't meet the criteria set down in state law to get a place on the 2004 ballot.
The group trying to legalize the possession of up to one ounce of pot did not turn in enough valid signatures to qualify the measure. The ACLU says Nevadans are losing their constitutional right to vote on a public policy issue.
"The real losers here are the voters in the State of Nevada, especially the voters who signed the petition because they wanted to see this issue on the November ballot," said Gary Peck with the ACLU.
A three-judge panel also turned down the petition drive designed to repeal the $833 million tax increase approved last year. The court upheld a district judge's ruling that people who signed the petitions had to be registered voters.
KLAS
Sep. 8
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https://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2276287&nav=168XQiAe
The group trying to legalize the possession of up to one ounce of pot did not turn in enough valid signatures to qualify the measure. The ACLU says Nevadans are losing their constitutional right to vote on a public policy issue.
"The real losers here are the voters in the State of Nevada, especially the voters who signed the petition because they wanted to see this issue on the November ballot," said Gary Peck with the ACLU.
A three-judge panel also turned down the petition drive designed to repeal the $833 million tax increase approved last year. The court upheld a district judge's ruling that people who signed the petitions had to be registered voters.
KLAS
Sep. 8
© Copyright 2000 - 2004 WorldNow and KLAS.
https://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2276287&nav=168XQiAe
