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The criminal trial of a Nebraska notary accused of official misconduct began on Monday. The Nebraska Examiner reports that Jacy C. Todd is facing 24 misdemeanor charges related to his notary duties for the Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana campaign that legalized medical cannabis in the state in 2024.

Prosecutors allege that Todd, between January 29 and July 2, 2024, notarized petitions on behalf of a Michael K. Egbert, a paid petition circulator, who was not in Todd’s presence. The charges are Class II misdemeanors which carry a maximum of six months’ imprisonment, a $1,000 fine, or both.

On Tuesday, Todd took the witness stand but could not explain why a couple of the petitions at the heart of the case had the wrong notarized date – Feb. 26, 2024, a date when Egbert was out of town.

“Perhaps I got a date wrong with that, I have no idea how. Like I said, I’m only human. I just know it was accidental.” — Todd during testimony via Nebraska Examiner

Todd testified that he would always witness a circulator sign their oath in person but would occasionally go back to stamp or sign a notarization to finish it later while overseeing his store and with dozens of petitions coming in. Todd further testified that he was unaware that in 2024 the complete notarization needed to occur while the signer and notary were in the same place.

Egbert, who in 2024 pleaded guilty to a Class I misdemeanor of “attempting” to falsify his circulator’s oath, has admitted to using a phone book to add false signers to his petitions, forging signatures and fabricating birth dates. Egbert alleges that Todd never witnessed Egbert’s oath in person during the dates in question.

TG joined Ganjapreneur in 2014 as a news writer and began hosting the Ganjapreneur podcast in 2016. He is based in upstate New York, where he also teaches media studies at a local university. More by TG Branfalt