Maine marijuana legalization initiative rejected for 2016
Supporters of a voter initiative to legalize marijuana in Maine have failed to collect enough valid signatures to qualify for the state ballot.
Petition gatherers for the marijuana initiative delivered 51,543 valid signatures — about 9,500 signatures below the threshold, the Maine Secretary of State office reported Wednesday. The office found 47,686 invalid signatures.
Wednesday was the deadline for the Secretary of State office to validate signatures. The failure of the marijuana initiative was the biggest surprise of the day, as a casino proposal was denied and a school funding measure was approved. The marijuana campaign on Feb. 1 had delivered more than 99,000 signatures.
David Boyer, manager of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, said documents provided by the Secretary of State’s office indicate that more than 17,000 signatures from a single notary were invalidated because the notary’s signature did match the signatures on file.
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