Missouri voters won't see medical marijuana on November ballot
A proposal to allow medical marijuana in Missouri won’t go to voters this year because of an insufficient number of valid signatures, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green’s decision backed those by St. Louis-area election authorities, who threw out thousands of petition signatures; in some cases, people signed sheets labeled for counties in which they weren’t registered to vote.
Proposed constitutional amendments must receive signatures from at least 8 percent of registered voters in six of the state’s eight congressional districts in order to go to voters. Secretary of State Jason Kander previously said the measure fell 2,242 signatures short in the 2nd District covering part of the St. Louis area.
Attorneys for New Approach Missouri and others supporting the proposal argued in court that 2,219 invalidated signatures should be counted, which would still leave them 23 signatures short. Proponents were relying on another 144 contested...
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