Nevada’s Proposition 7 will allow the sale—under state control, regulation, and taxation—of marijuana to adults in special marijuana stores. Click here for a 90-second explanation.

As I blogged earlier, the first response of those opposing Proposition 7 was simply to lie about what it proposed.

Apparently that wasn’t effective, so now they’re simply breaking the law. From an email I received today from Rob Kampia, Executive Director of the Marijuana Policy Project:

The Nevada government is once again trying to thwart the Marijuana Policy Project’s campaign to pass its initiative to end marijuana prohibition in the state.

On Wednesday, the state ethics committee announced that it effectively will not be pursuing public officials who are illegally campaigning against MPP’s initiative on the public dime until after Election Day — when it will be too late to keep them from affecting the vote. But we’re continuing to fight back.

We badly need your help to fight off this illegal resistance as Election Day draws near. Would you please donate just $10 or more to the campaign today?

On September 19, the Clark County Board of Commissioners — which represents Las Vegas — passed a nonbinding resolution opposing MPP’s initiative to tax and regulate marijuana in the state … despite the fact that state law prohibits government officials from spending taxpayer money, time, or resources to oppose or support a ballot question.

Because this law has clear legal precedent, including a Nevada Supreme Court decision in 2002 and a Nevada attorney general’s opinion in 2004, MPP filed a formal complaint with Nevada’s attorney general, asking him to prosecute the county commissioners and other public officials — like Clark County Sheriff Bill Young, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Detective Todd Raybuck, and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lieutenant Stan Olsen — who have spent taxpayer money to oppose MPP’s initiative. The attorney general sent the issue to the state ethics commission.

While our complaint was awaiting a decision, Washoe County District Attorney Richard Gammick held a news conference on the taxpayers’ dime for the sole purpose of advocating against MPP’s initiative — despite the fact that the legality of doing so was in dispute! We’ve now added him to our complaint.

You can see him rant and rave on this CNN news story here.

But on Wednesday, the ethics commission issued a variety of procedural requests that effectively mean that it won’t be issuing an opinion until after Election Day.

This means that Nevada’s public officials can continue ignoring the law for the remainder of the campaign!

This is simply outrageous. If you agree, would you please consider donating the maximum amount that you can so that we can afford to continue fighting to pass our initiative — and fighting our opponents — everywhere, and every day, until Election Day?

(Speaking of fighting, we’ll be filing complaints with the state every time public officials in Nevada break the law. Under the law, they could all face heavy fines.)

We’re already in the midst of a heavy battle to pass our initiative, and now we’re up against opponents who don’t care if their tactics are legal or ethical. Would you please stand with us during the last four-and-a-half weeks of the campaign by helping us out financially today?