Pot Legalization Supporters Declare Victory in Close Maine Race

It was a big night for the marijuana legalization movement around the country, with 3 of 5 states, including Massachusetts, approving ballot measures and Maine poised to follow suit.

The vote remained extremely close all night, but at about 3 a.m., supporters of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol declared victory.

The Yes on One campaign held an edge of between one and two percentage points all night long. And in the wee hours of the morning, with a few more precincts still to be counted, political director Alysia Melnick offered this assessment.

“Let’s see. It’s 2 in the morning and we’re up by a point with 85 percent reported. We’re trying to be really cautious but we’re still hopeful,” she said. “We’ve been up all night and we think we will win the day but we just want to be tempered in our response.”

But just an hour...

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