Marijuana activists in Nevada have been rolled by a recent decision handed down by Republican Sec. State Dean Heller. To be quite blunt, it seems to be a chronic problem for him.
Heller's manual for activists required 53,337 signatures to be considered for the 2006 general election ballot. The initiative sponsered by the Marijuana Policy Project garnered more than enough. However, it, along with two initiatives on public smoking, have been thrown out.
After the petitions have been turned in, after the initiatives have been approved, after the game was supposed to have been over, Heller is changing the rules. And the new rule is over 80,000 signatures.
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