The 2024 Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, for the
2024 presidential election. The contest was held on
Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and
territories.[1] The race was the first
Legal Marijuana Now Party presidential primary, and the first
third party presidential primary run by the state of
Minnesota since
1916.[2]Krystal Gabel, an activist from
Colorado, earned a plurality of votes in the election, despite having withdrawn from the race, asking people to not vote for her.[3]
Krystal Gabel, who had been national chairperson of the Legal Marijuana Now Party from 2021 through 2023, withdrew from the race during the party's candidate filing discussions. In 2024, when Gabel asked to be removed from the ballot after
early voting had started on January 19, the
Minnesota Secretary of State's office stated that changes cannot be made to the list of candidates after being certified at the beginning of January, and Gabel's name remained on ballots.[7][8]
Write-in
Of Minnesota's three major political parties, all of which included a write in option for their 2024 nominating primaries, only the Legal Marijuana Now party submitted a write in name to be counted,
Willie Nelson, to the Secretary of State.[9]
The 2024 Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, for the
2024 presidential election. The contest was held on
Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and
territories.[1] The race was the first
Legal Marijuana Now Party presidential primary, and the first
third party presidential primary run by the state of
Minnesota since
1916.[2]Krystal Gabel, an activist from
Colorado, earned a plurality of votes in the election, despite having withdrawn from the race, asking people to not vote for her.[3]
Krystal Gabel, who had been national chairperson of the Legal Marijuana Now Party from 2021 through 2023, withdrew from the race during the party's candidate filing discussions. In 2024, when Gabel asked to be removed from the ballot after
early voting had started on January 19, the
Minnesota Secretary of State's office stated that changes cannot be made to the list of candidates after being certified at the beginning of January, and Gabel's name remained on ballots.[7][8]
Write-in
Of Minnesota's three major political parties, all of which included a write in option for their 2024 nominating primaries, only the Legal Marijuana Now party submitted a write in name to be counted,
Willie Nelson, to the Secretary of State.[9]