GRAND ISLAND- The District Court of Hall County decided Tuesday to allow criminal charges against a notary public for “official misconduct” to proceed, overturning a lower court decision. District Judge Andrew Butler, in a 10-page opinion, reversed a previous motion to quash against 24 counts of “official misconduct” — a Class II misdemeanor — against Jacy Todd of York, who was a notary for the successful ballot measures to legalize and regulate medical cannabis last year.

Mark Porto, Todd’s attorney, said that as far as the two can tell, Todd is the first and only person in the state’s history to be criminally charged for alleged mistakes as a notary public. Todd is accused of allegedly notarizing petition pages outside the presence of a petition circulator, Michael Egbert of Grand Island, on 24 different dates, each leading to a separate criminal charge. Todd has repeatedly denied all allegations.

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