Pubdate: Mon, 10 Nov 2014
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune (MN)
Copyright: 2014 Star Tribune
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Author: Chris Wright

DID YOU NOTICE HOW WE GAUGED SUPPORT?

By putting "Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis" and "Legal Marijuana Now" 
under the names of legalization candidates, Minnesotans saw 
legalization on the ballot for the first time and voted for it in 
record numbers.

Dan Vacek's plebiscite-by-proxy theory worked so well that even the 
monopoly media censorship of minor parties couldn't stop the voters 
from seeing legalization on the ballot. Vacek earned 57,602 votes for 
Legal Marijuana Now, spent less than $500 and outpolled 
better-funded, better-publicized candidates from the Independence, 
Green and Libertarian parties - all of whom supported marijuana 
legalization but didn't say so on their ballot designation.

For governor, the Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis ticket of Chris Wright 
and David Daniels racked up 31,254 votes - a 400 percent increase 
from the 2010 election. For auditor on the same ticket, Judith 
Schwartzbacker commanded 55,121 votes - an increase of 20,000 votes from 2010.

Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C., were added to the list of 
legalization this year, and soon it will be hard to push back against 
the storm surge for repeal of these stupid drug laws.

Now we know how to win and diminish the votes of the two-party 
tyranny. We'll be back to mess with you little Dutch boys. In the 
meantime, the cracks in the levee are widening, the flood is coming 
and the inevitable wave of Hemp for Victory will sweep away your injustices.

CHRIS WRIGHT, Edina
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom