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mybeans420 · 08-21-2004, 03:27 PM

**** PLEASE!!!!! SHOW YOUR SUPPORT BY CONTRIBUTING TO MPP********* beans

On Wednesday, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that Nevada's Secretary
of State doesn't have to require the White House drug czar to obey
campaign finance laws.

(This case has nothing to do with the Marijuana Policy Project's
litigation to place our marijuana-regulation initiative on the
November 2 ballot. Rather, the Nevada Supreme Court's ruling means
federal officials do not have to publicly disclose the taxpayer money
they're spending to oppose privately funded initiatives; in the
meantime, privately funded campaigns like MPP's must continue to file
campaign finance reports for public inspection.)

And Nevada's elections officials are openly breaking the law during
the current recount of MPP's initiative signatures ... refusing to
give us copies of our petitions so that we can check the validity of
the government workers' recount ... and refusing to allow our campaign
staffers to observe the recount process -- even though this right is
being granted to other initiative campaigns!

Nevada's top elections officials are corrupt, and their actions could
very well keep us off the ballot.

I'm angry. If you are also, please help us by forcing the Secretary
of State to follow the law:

1. Please call Secretary of State Dean Heller at 775-684-5705 and tell
him to "allow the Marijuana Policy Project to fully view all
government workers who are checking the validity of MPP's signatures."
In Las Vegas, the government has penned four of our people into a
corner while 20 government workers simultaneously check the validity
of our signatures on 20 computers!

2. Please donate at https://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate1024 so
that we can afford to continue our lawsuit against the corrupt
elections officials. One week ago, a federal judge incorrectly
disqualified thousands of our signatures because we didn't turn in the
voter registration forms of newly registered voters on the same day
that they signed our petitions. We must appeal this case immediately
to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

If the signature recount shows we turned in enough valid
signatures -- or if we win in the Ninth Circuit -- our initiative will
be placed on the ballot. We only need to win one out of two!

----------------------------------------------------

On April 22, MPP filed a legal motion with the Nevada Supreme Court to
force Heller to require Drug Czar John Walters to report on the
taxpayer money he's spending in Nevada to oppose our initiative.
Previously, Walters had flatly refused to comply with the Nevada law
that requires him to file these campaign finance reports.

Wednesday's court ruling means that Heller can choose to allow the
drug czar to continue ignoring state campaign finance laws.

But this is the least of our challenges right now. As I reported last
week, MPP won two of its three charges against Heller in federal
court, which threw out part of Nevada's constitution and triggered a
statewide recount of the 66,000 gross signatures that MPP turned in
two months ago.

Please visit https://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate1024 to pay for
our people to continue watching the recount, as well as to pay for our
lawyers to sue the elections officials.

Heller is so biased that he's willing to break the law to defeat
us -- the exact opposite of what an elections official should be
doing.

As I write this, elections officials are keeping our observers
cordoned off in a corner and refusing to allow them to closely monitor
the recount -- even though workers from other campaigns are being
allowed to monitor their own initiatives' recounts!

The elections officials have also been breaking the law by refusing to
release photocopies of our petitions so that we can check the
government's work. And Heller has openly stated that he chose to
appeal an earlier court ruling that he otherwise would have let
stand ... because the ruling would have ended up helping MPP. (Visit
https://www.mpp.org/NV/news_7809.html to read this story.)

This is all simply too outrageous. Our lawyers are preparing to file
our appeal imminently, and MPP needs your help to pay the bill. Please
visit https://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate1024 to help us win our
case so that we may place our initiative on the November 2 ballot.

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. But we're moving closer and closer to victory. We
cannot let Secretary of State Heller's illegal and corrupt behavior
stand in our way now.

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. The effects of this would reverberate across
the nation ... but we need your help.

Battling state officials wasn't part of our original budget. Would you
please visit https://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate1024 to lend your
urgently needed support today, so that we can do what it takes to win?

Sincerely,

Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.

============================== ============================== ==========

The Marijuana Policy Project hopes that each of the 142,000
subscribers on our national e-mail list will make at least one
financial donation to MPP's work in 2004. According to our records,
you have already donated, and we want to thank you for that. If, by
any chance, you want to donate again or join MPP's monthly credit card
pledge program, please visit
https://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate1024 at your convenience.

mybeans420 · 08-21-2004, 03:40 PM

i contacted allison green at M.P.P. to inquire about donating via paypal. here is her response:

Dear *******,

Thanks for your call to MPP. Your phone message had a lot of static on it, but I believe you're looking for a way to donate to MPP via PayPal. You can do that at the following link:

https://www.mpp.org/donate/mpp-paypal

Thank you in advance for your support of MPP's work!

Sincerely,

Alison Green, Membership Director
Marijuana Policy Project
P.O. Box 77492, Washington, D.C. 20013
202-462-5747, ext. 129 (phone), 202-232-0442 (fax)
agreen@mpp.org, https://www.mpp.org

08-21-2004, 03:27 PM	#1
mybeans420 resident slackass Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: somewhere that has a pool table Posts: 1,053	Court rules Nevada elections officials may break law, giving drug czar free rein ** PLEASE!!!!! SHOW YOUR SUPPORT BY CONTRIBUTING TO MPP***** beans On Wednesday, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that Nevada's Secretary of State doesn't have to require the White House drug czar to obey campaign finance laws. (This case has nothing to do with the Marijuana Policy Project's litigation to place our marijuana-regulation initiative on the November 2 ballot. Rather, the Nevada Supreme Court's ruling means federal officials do not have to publicly disclose the taxpayer money they're spending to oppose privately funded initiatives; in the meantime, privately funded campaigns like MPP's must continue to file campaign finance reports for public inspection.) And Nevada's elections officials are openly breaking the law during the current recount of MPP's initiative signatures ... refusing to give us copies of our petitions so that we can check the validity of the government workers' recount ... and refusing to allow our campaign staffers to observe the recount process -- even though this right is being granted to other initiative campaigns! Nevada's top elections officials are corrupt, and their actions could very well keep us off the ballot. I'm angry. If you are also, please help us by forcing the Secretary of State to follow the law: 1. Please call Secretary of State Dean Heller at 775-684-5705 and tell him to "allow the Marijuana Policy Project to fully view all government workers who are checking the validity of MPP's signatures." In Las Vegas, the government has penned four of our people into a corner while 20 government workers simultaneously check the validity of our signatures on 20 computers! 2. Please donate at https://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate1024 so that we can afford to continue our lawsuit against the corrupt elections officials. One week ago, a federal judge incorrectly disqualified thousands of our signatures because we didn't turn in the voter registration forms of newly registered voters on the same day that they signed our petitions. We must appeal this case immediately to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. If the signature recount shows we turned in enough valid signatures -- or if we win in the Ninth Circuit -- our initiative will be placed on the ballot. We only need to win one out of two! ---------------------------------------------------- On April 22, MPP filed a legal motion with the Nevada Supreme Court to force Heller to require Drug Czar John Walters to report on the taxpayer money he's spending in Nevada to oppose our initiative. Previously, Walters had flatly refused to comply with the Nevada law that requires him to file these campaign finance reports. Wednesday's court ruling means that Heller can choose to allow the drug czar to continue ignoring state campaign finance laws. But this is the least of our challenges right now. As I reported last week, MPP won two of its three charges against Heller in federal court, which threw out part of Nevada's constitution and triggered a statewide recount of the 66,000 gross signatures that MPP turned in two months ago. Please visit https://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate1024 to pay for our people to continue watching the recount, as well as to pay for our lawyers to sue the elections officials. Heller is so biased that he's willing to break the law to defeat us -- the exact opposite of what an elections official should be doing. As I write this, elections officials are keeping our observers cordoned off in a corner and refusing to allow them to closely monitor the recount -- even though workers from other campaigns are being allowed to monitor their own initiatives' recounts! The elections officials have also been breaking the law by refusing to release photocopies of our petitions so that we can check the government's work. And Heller has openly stated that he chose to appeal an earlier court ruling that he otherwise would have let stand ... because the ruling would have ended up helping MPP. (Visit https://www.mpp.org/NV/news_7809.html to read this story.) This is all simply too outrageous. Our lawyers are preparing to file our appeal imminently, and MPP needs your help to pay the bill. Please visit https://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate1024 to help us win our case so that we may place our initiative on the November 2 ballot. 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. But we're moving closer and closer to victory. We cannot let Secretary of State Heller's illegal and corrupt behavior stand in our way now. 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. The effects of this would reverberate across the nation ... but we need your help. Battling state officials wasn't part of our original budget. Would you please visit https://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate1024 to lend your urgently needed support today, so that we can do what it takes to win? Sincerely, Rob Kampia Executive Director Marijuana Policy Project Washington, D.C. ============================== ============================== ========== The Marijuana Policy Project hopes that each of the 142,000 subscribers on our national e-mail list will make at least one financial donation to MPP's work in 2004. According to our records, you have already donated, and we want to thank you for that. If, by any chance, you want to donate again or join MPP's monthly credit card pledge program, please visit https://www.RegulateMarijuana.org/donate1024 at your convenience. __________________ "POWER TO THE PEACEFUL" micheal franti LET LOVE GUIDE YOU LEAVE YOUR CLOWNSHOES AND YOUR NEGATIVITY AT THE DOOR PLEASE.. THANK YOU "The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this." Albert Einstein, "My First Impression of the U.S.A.", 1921 "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. 18 Dec. 1840 PLEASE** don't PM me for seeds or cuts,.. Thank you
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mybeans420 resident slackass Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: somewhere that has a pool table Posts: 1,053	donate via paypal i contacted allison green at M.P.P. to inquire about donating via paypal. here is her response: Dear *****, Thanks for your call to MPP. Your phone message had a lot of static on it, but I believe you're looking for a way to donate to MPP via PayPal. You can do that at the following link: https://www.mpp.org/donate/mpp-paypal Thank you in advance for your support of MPP's work! Sincerely, Alison Green, Membership Director Marijuana Policy Project P.O. Box 77492, Washington, D.C. 20013 202-462-5747, ext. 129 (phone), 202-232-0442 (fax) agreen@mpp.org, https://www.mpp.org __________________ "POWER TO THE PEACEFUL" micheal franti LET LOVE GUIDE YOU LEAVE YOUR CLOWNSHOES AND YOUR NEGATIVITY AT THE DOOR PLEASE.. THANK YOU "The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this." Albert Einstein, "My First Impression of the U.S.A.", 1921 "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." Abraham Lincoln, U.S. President. 18 Dec. 1840 PLEASE** don't PM me for seeds or cuts,.. Thank you
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