A Missouri judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block a November ballot measure to legalize adult-use marijuana in the state, a win for legalization advocates.
Cole County Judge Cotton Walker ruled that the plaintiff, anti-drug activist Joy Sweeney, lacked standing because she couldn’t prove she was a citizen of the state, the Missouri Independent reported.
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In her suit, Sweeney, representing the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, alleged that the ballot measure:
Violates the state’s single-subject rule for constitutional amendments. The signature petitions submitted by the campaign were improperly verified by the secretary of state and weren’t actually enough to make the ballot.
In his ruling against Sweeney’s lawsuit, the judge wrote that even if he had decided the action had merit, he would have sided with Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Legal Missouri, the campaign backing the initiative.
The judge also confirmed the campaign
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