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10-09-2006, 04:28 PM
This was a Email i recieved.....
Nevada marijuana initiative ahead in the polls!
The Marijuana Policy Project's initiative to tax and regulate marijuana
in
Nevada is ahead in the polls - 49% to 43% (with 8% undecided). Because
the
poll used the actual language that will be on the ballot, it's
considered
the most accurate poll to date. That means that if the election were
held
today, we would very likely win.
If that trend holds on Election Day - just 44 days away - and Nevada
becomes
the first state to permit the legal cultivation, distribution, and sale
of
marijuana to adults aged 21 and older, it would be the biggest victory
in
the history of the marijuana policy reform movement.
According to our records, you have already donated to MPP's work this
year,
and I want to thank you for that. If you've thought about making
another
donation but haven't gotten around to it, please do it now ... because
victory is at hand. If we have the funds to continue with our campaign
-
uninterrupted - through November 7, you'll be able to say you helped
make it
happen.
Please read on for an excerpt from an article on the poll in last
Friday's
Las Vegas Review-Journal, the largest newspaper in Nevada:
A ballot initiative to allow Nevadans to possess small amounts of
marijuana
for recreational use has a better chance of passing than most people
think,
according to a newly released internal poll conducted on behalf of the
proposal's backers.
In the new poll, respondents were read the actual text that will appear
on
their November ballots. Of the 600 likely Nevada voters interviewed
statewide by a respected national polling firm, 49 percent said they
would
vote yes on the question and 43 percent said no.
Previously, survey after survey has shown that Nevadans are resistant
to a
ballot initiative that would, in its words, "control and regulate
marijuana." But those results, such as a recent Reno Gazette- Journal
poll
that found 55 percent of likely voters opposed to the measure and just
37
percent in favor of it, were misleading because they asked the wrong
question, advocates of the marijuana initiative said.
Other polls on the initiative have tended to ask whether respondents
favored
a move to "legalize" marijuana, a word that doesn't appear in the
ballot
language, said Neal Levine, campaign manager for the Committee to
Regulate
and Control Marijuana, the Nevada initiative's backers. The committee
is
largely supported by the Washington, D.C., based Marijuana Policy
Project, a
pro-legalization group.
"The word 'legalize' is a politically charged term," Levine said in
explaining the difference between his poll and others. "It gives people
the
false notion of a free-for-all, marijuana on every corner.
That's not what we're proposing. We're proposing a very tightly
regulated
system where we'd get institutional safeguards and tax revenue."
... "There's a lot in the ballot language (of the initiative) that
really
appeals to many people," pollster Paul Goodwin said. "When people are
read
the entire measure as a package, they like it a lot better than when
they're
just asked whether they want to legalize marijuana."
Goodwin said his firm's extensive experience with California's ballot
initiatives had taught him that "the best method is to read people the
actual language, even if it's long and hard to get through."
You can read the full article here.
A win is now within reach. Would you please help us carry the momentum
through to Election Day, by donating $10 or more to the campaign today?
Thank you,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
P.S. As I've mentioned in previous alerts, a major philanthropist has
committed to match the first $3.5 million that MPP can raise from the
rest
of the planet in 2006. This means that your donation today will be
doubled.
Nevada marijuana initiative ahead in the polls!
The Marijuana Policy Project's initiative to tax and regulate marijuana
in
Nevada is ahead in the polls - 49% to 43% (with 8% undecided). Because
the
poll used the actual language that will be on the ballot, it's
considered
the most accurate poll to date. That means that if the election were
held
today, we would very likely win.
If that trend holds on Election Day - just 44 days away - and Nevada
becomes
the first state to permit the legal cultivation, distribution, and sale
of
marijuana to adults aged 21 and older, it would be the biggest victory
in
the history of the marijuana policy reform movement.
According to our records, you have already donated to MPP's work this
year,
and I want to thank you for that. If you've thought about making
another
donation but haven't gotten around to it, please do it now ... because
victory is at hand. If we have the funds to continue with our campaign
-
uninterrupted - through November 7, you'll be able to say you helped
make it
happen.
Please read on for an excerpt from an article on the poll in last
Friday's
Las Vegas Review-Journal, the largest newspaper in Nevada:
A ballot initiative to allow Nevadans to possess small amounts of
marijuana
for recreational use has a better chance of passing than most people
think,
according to a newly released internal poll conducted on behalf of the
proposal's backers.
In the new poll, respondents were read the actual text that will appear
on
their November ballots. Of the 600 likely Nevada voters interviewed
statewide by a respected national polling firm, 49 percent said they
would
vote yes on the question and 43 percent said no.
Previously, survey after survey has shown that Nevadans are resistant
to a
ballot initiative that would, in its words, "control and regulate
marijuana." But those results, such as a recent Reno Gazette- Journal
poll
that found 55 percent of likely voters opposed to the measure and just
37
percent in favor of it, were misleading because they asked the wrong
question, advocates of the marijuana initiative said.
Other polls on the initiative have tended to ask whether respondents
favored
a move to "legalize" marijuana, a word that doesn't appear in the
ballot
language, said Neal Levine, campaign manager for the Committee to
Regulate
and Control Marijuana, the Nevada initiative's backers. The committee
is
largely supported by the Washington, D.C., based Marijuana Policy
Project, a
pro-legalization group.
"The word 'legalize' is a politically charged term," Levine said in
explaining the difference between his poll and others. "It gives people
the
false notion of a free-for-all, marijuana on every corner.
That's not what we're proposing. We're proposing a very tightly
regulated
system where we'd get institutional safeguards and tax revenue."
... "There's a lot in the ballot language (of the initiative) that
really
appeals to many people," pollster Paul Goodwin said. "When people are
read
the entire measure as a package, they like it a lot better than when
they're
just asked whether they want to legalize marijuana."
Goodwin said his firm's extensive experience with California's ballot
initiatives had taught him that "the best method is to read people the
actual language, even if it's long and hard to get through."
You can read the full article here.
A win is now within reach. Would you please help us carry the momentum
through to Election Day, by donating $10 or more to the campaign today?
Thank you,
Rob Kampia
Executive Director
Marijuana Policy Project
Washington, D.C.
P.S. As I've mentioned in previous alerts, a major philanthropist has
committed to match the first $3.5 million that MPP can raise from the
rest
of the planet in 2006. This means that your donation today will be
doubled.