From MPP: As expected, the Nevada government announced yesterday that the Marijuana Policy Project's marijuana regulation initiative fell 1,815 signatures short of the 51,377 signatures that are needed to qualify the initiative for the November 2 ballot. This came as no surprise, because Nevada's corrupt elections officials illegally disqualified thousands of signatures from people who filled out voter registration forms on the same day they signed our petitions ... and because their recount procedures were horribly sloppy and unjust. Fortunately, yesterday's announcement is largely irrelevant, because we have appealed the same-day registration issue to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. If we win in the Ninth Circuit, our initiative will be placed on the ballot. The Ninth Circuit will be ruling on our lawsuit no later than September 7 -- and this court battle is the final battle. (There will be no time for MPP or our government opponents to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.) So that we can afford to fight hard in this lawsuit, please visit http://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate1032 to help us mount the strongest legal challenge possible. If we win in court next week, the court will almost surely require the Nevada government to reimburse us for our attorneys' fees ... which means all of the money you donate to this case will then be recycled and used for the initiative campaign itself. If approved by Nevada voters, MPP's initiative would make history. If enacted, the law would remove all penalties for marijuana use by adults aged 21 and older, as well as require the state government to authorize a system for the legal cultivation, distribution, and sale of marijuana to adults. Since the Nevada government first began attempting to keep MPP's initiative off the ballot two months ago, we've had to fight on every front, every day. Nevada's elections officials openly broke the law during the recent recount of MPP's initiative signatures ... refusing to give us copies of our petitions so that we could check the validity of the government workers' recount ... and refusing to allow our campaign staffers to observe the recount process -- even though this right was granted to other initiative campaigns! But despite the outrageous corruption that MPP has been up against, we've been winning most of our battles ... including two of our three charges against the Nevada government in a recent federal court decision, which threw out part of Nevada's constitution. We are now within reach of victory. Our chances of prevailing next week in the Ninth Circuit are good ... and a win will finally and definitively place our initiative on the November 2 ballot ... but we need your help. Rob Kampia Executive Director Marijuana Policy Project Washington, D.C.
....great..so even if they win it would still be illegal for me to smoke for another year....yeah your a citizen at 18..but we still get to control what goes into your body..
Well better to wait 1 year than 20 more right? This would be SOOO Huge!!! Monumental!!! Can you imagine what this would do to the rest of the country? We can only pray....
lol uhh,,I know of a better way to make things happen! but yes, most excellent to have this happen in our lifetime.
Getting the measure passed is another. It must pass twice. I don't mean to put a damper on your excitement, but I doubt it will pass...Las Vegas has become rather conservative of late. Given the recent degree to which this city has been trying to put the sin back in "Sin City" there will likely be a backlash when it comes to legalization of pot. The mayor has even proposed a red light district in the downtown area. The drive to put sex back in the city has been largely sucessful...but I think the buck will stop when it comes to drugs. Just one man's opinion though. (23yr resident) Agon http://www.trippervision.com
im still looking for stuff on all this..i was out of the loop for the last few on some things... "The Ninth Circuit will be ruling on our lawsuit no later than September 7 -- and this court battle is the final battle. (There will be no time for MPP or our government opponents to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.)" is why im wonder about it all.. hmm.. nevertheless its HUGE, more on it..im trying to find some stories about what happened today thoOooooooo http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/07/09/nevada-marijuana.htm