Marijuana Will Be Legal in Maine; Opposition Drops Recount Request

"I think the first line of discussion is the individual Maine towns because they're going to have and should have the right to say we don't marijuana here", said Newell Augur, legal counsel for the No on 1 campaign.

The recount was expected to take up to a month to complete and cost taxpayers $500,000. Unofficial results from the secretary of state's office had put the margin of victory at 4,073 in the days after the election. Because the recount was ended early, the final price tag for the recount is expected to be much less. They No on 1 campaign had struggled to provide sufficient volunteers to perform the recount last week, only coming up with eight of the requested ten the state asked for on Wednesday, two days after the recount was to begin.

"We are excited and grateful that the No on 1 campaign has decided not...

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