Marijuana legalization will not be put before Michigan voters in November
A campaign to put a marijuana-legalization question on Michigan ballots suffered a setback that could keep the measure off November ballots.
The petition campaign called MI Legalize failed to submit enough valid petition signatures, according to a ruling by the Michigan Court of Claims.
Although MI Legalize submitted 354,000 signatures -- well over the 252,000 required -- the court agreed with a State Board of Canvassers decision in June, deciding that “more than 200,000 were collected more than 180 days before the petition was submitted” to the Secretary of State -- a violation of state law.
The MI Legalize lawsuit argued that the group had provided an easy way for the state to see that the 200,000 “stale” signatures were, in fact, valid. In addition, the lawsuit contended that the 180-day requirement was unconstitutional and unfair. But the court didn’t accept those arguments in granting a summary disposition of the case to the defendants -- Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, Elections...
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