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Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now! Party
Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now! is a political third party in the U.S. state of Minnesota established in 1998 to oppose drug prohibition. They are formally recognized as a minor party.
Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now! became a major party in Minnesota in 2018 when their candidate for State Auditor, Michael Ford, received 5.3 percent of the vote. During the 2010s the party began expansion attempts to Iowa, Nebraska, other states, continuing during the 2020s, as the Legal Marijuana Now Party.
In 2020, the Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now! nominee for United States Senator received 190,154 votes in the November 3 election, the largest number of votes received in 2020, in the U.S., by any such third-party candidate. Democrats have stated that Legal Marijuana Now! candidates are detrimental to the Democratic Party. An analysis of votes cast in the 2020 Minnesota elections found that Legal Marijuana Now! candidates might have helped Democratic candidates in swing districts, by drawing a greater number of votes from Republican-leaning voters, in 2020.
Scholars have credited Minnesota's third parties, and particularly Legal Marijuana Now!, with motivating the state Democratic Party to prioritize cannabis legalization in 2023. They lost their major party status in a 2024 challenge by the Minnesota Democratic Party with the state Supreme Court.
The Minnesota Grassroots Party was formed in 1986 as a response to Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs. In 1996 the party split, with some former members forming the Independent Grassroots Party for one election cycle.
In 1998, members of the Independent Grassroots Party formed the Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now! political party. According to the Legal Marijuana Now Party, a person’s right to sell the products of their garden is protected by the Minnesota Constitution.
Minnesota does not allow voters to petition to put the law itself onto the ballot for a vote. The only petition the people can use in Minnesota is to nominate independent and third party candidates for office.
In 2014, Dan Vacek ran for Minnesota Attorney General as the Legal Marijuana Now candidate and got 57,604 votes, qualifying the party to be officially recognized and to receive public funding from the state.
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Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now! Party
Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now! is a political third party in the U.S. state of Minnesota established in 1998 to oppose drug prohibition. They are formally recognized as a minor party.
Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now! became a major party in Minnesota in 2018 when their candidate for State Auditor, Michael Ford, received 5.3 percent of the vote. During the 2010s the party began expansion attempts to Iowa, Nebraska, other states, continuing during the 2020s, as the Legal Marijuana Now Party.
In 2020, the Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now! nominee for United States Senator received 190,154 votes in the November 3 election, the largest number of votes received in 2020, in the U.S., by any such third-party candidate. Democrats have stated that Legal Marijuana Now! candidates are detrimental to the Democratic Party. An analysis of votes cast in the 2020 Minnesota elections found that Legal Marijuana Now! candidates might have helped Democratic candidates in swing districts, by drawing a greater number of votes from Republican-leaning voters, in 2020.
Scholars have credited Minnesota's third parties, and particularly Legal Marijuana Now!, with motivating the state Democratic Party to prioritize cannabis legalization in 2023. They lost their major party status in a 2024 challenge by the Minnesota Democratic Party with the state Supreme Court.
The Minnesota Grassroots Party was formed in 1986 as a response to Ronald Reagan's War on Drugs. In 1996 the party split, with some former members forming the Independent Grassroots Party for one election cycle.
In 1998, members of the Independent Grassroots Party formed the Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now! political party. According to the Legal Marijuana Now Party, a person’s right to sell the products of their garden is protected by the Minnesota Constitution.
Minnesota does not allow voters to petition to put the law itself onto the ballot for a vote. The only petition the people can use in Minnesota is to nominate independent and third party candidates for office.
In 2014, Dan Vacek ran for Minnesota Attorney General as the Legal Marijuana Now candidate and got 57,604 votes, qualifying the party to be officially recognized and to receive public funding from the state.