The Nebraska Secretary of State and a former State Senator and former State Board of Health member have charged that there was petitioner fraud and notary misconduct in the gathering of signatures for two cannabis-related initiatives that are on the ballot on Tuesday, November 5 in Nebraska. The trial won’t start until Tuesday, October 29, and early voting has already started in Nebraska.

They assert that eight notaries and four petition circulators committed fraud in the signature gathering process.

Here is a story from the Nebraska Examiner.

All Illinois legislative candidates are either Democratic or Republican Party nominees, except for one independent in a State House race, David Gill in the 87th district. He is the only opponent to a Republican.

There are 24 State Senate races, and eleven of them have only one candidate on the ballot.

There are 188 State House races, and 59 have only one candidate on the ballot.

Thanks to the LPOH for joining this coalition. Yesterday, I blogged a Christian Science Monitor story about the former Chief Justice of Ohio Supreme Court’s support for Issue 1, even though she is a Republican, while the Ohio GOP opposes the measure.

Here is the story on the LPOH’s support for Issue 1 from Independent Political Report.