LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — The fight to legalize medical marijuana continues in Nebraska, with the state’s highest court hearing arguments about the validity of signatures on two ballot measures from last fall.

Kuehn v. Evnen challenges whether Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana had enough valid signatures to be on the ballot.

Former state Sen. John Kuehn, with help from Secretary of State Bob Evnen and Attorney General Mike Hilgers, believes tens of thousands of signatures required to get those initiatives on the ballot are invalid, alleging fraud by the circulators and improper notarization.

A lower court disagreed .

“When there are bad acts related to the affidavit, according to (Barkley v. Pool ) , the value of the verification is destroyed and the petition must fall unless the genui

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