‘Someday a mom will go into the doctor’s office and they will be able to get a recommendation for cannabis, and that day will be all worth it,’ said Crista Eggers, campaign manager
LINCOLN — Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana collected signatures “until the very last moment” Wednesday before turning in more than 114,000 for each of its two petitions by mid-afternoon.
The 2024 campaign marks the group’s third try. Crista Eggers, the statewide campaign manager, has a personal stake in changing the law: She wants to help her 9-year-old son Colton who has epilepsy and severe seizures.
The campaign needs about 86,500 signatures from registered voters to be verified statewide, of which the total must include signatures from at least 5% of voters in 38 of the state’s 93 counties.
“You can never have enough, never have enough, but it was amazing to collect until the very last moment to allow every Nebraskan out there that could get to us and wanted to sign, to sign,” Eggers told reporters after signing a sworn affidavit to turn in the signatures.
Final day-of blitz
The campaign hosted two final events Wednesday at Wine, Beer and Spirits locations in Omaha and Lincoln in a last-second blitz to collect and count signatures. Eggers said the group collected 2,500 signatures for each petition Wednesday morning.
Eggers told reports that in the final hours of campaigning, a man brought his wife to one of the locations to sign the petition. Eggers said the woman, from Douglas County, is in hospice and has as little as 48 hours to live. [Read More @ The Nebraska Examiner]
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