The Mendocino County Election Office began printing ballots this week despite the fact that a judge has yet to decide whether Measure B will remain on the ballot.
Two lawsuits, one filed by Green Party member Richard Johnson and the other filed by George Hanamoto and Paula Laguna, are aimed at knocking Measure B off the ballot.
Mendocino Superior Court Judge John Behnke has heard arguments in both suits, but has not made a ruling on either. Plaintiffs in both suits have been hoping for a quick decision before the ballots were printed.
Mendocino County Assessor-Clerk-Recorder Susan Ranochak said the county began printing the ballots this week because its vendor likes to have them two weeks before the date they have to be mailed. Ballots will be mailed May 5.
Measure B, which was placed on the ballot by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors in January, would repeal Measure G, the county's personal use marijuana law, and set medical marijuana limits in Mendocino County at the state limits of six mature or 12 immature plants and eight ounces of dried marijuana.
Measure G, which was passed by Mendocino County voters in 2000, instructed law enforcement to make the prosecution of marijuana gardens of 25 plants or fewer the lowest possible priority.
Ben Brown can be reached at udjbb@pacific.net.
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