Lots of funny and strange stuff surrounding state direct democracy efforts. Some states introduce a single-subject requirement for ballot initiatives, meaning that each proposal being voted on cannot bundle multiple different proposals together; each has to be voted on separately. But this leads to weird situations like in Nebraska this year, where “legalize medical marijuana” and “create a state regulatory agency to monitor the medical marijuana industry” are two separate initiatives.
Meaning that it’s possible for Nebraskan voters to authorize an unregulated medicinal weed industry, but it’s also possible for them to create a regulatory agency for an industry that doesn’t exist