A Florida campaign that’s working to put marijuana legalization on the state’s 2024 ballot has filed a new brief to the state Supreme Court, contesting arguments from the state attorney general who is seeking to block voters from having a chance to decide on the measure.
Smart & Safe Florida—as well as supporters from the Cato Institute and Medical Marijuana Business Association of Florida—entered new briefs on a court-imposed deadline on Wednesday. This comes about a month after Attorney General Ashley Moody (R) and other opponents filed initial briefs challenging the initiative.
What happens in the Supreme Court will decide whether voters will get a chance to decide on the issue next year, as state officials have already affirmed that the campaign collected enough valid signatures to secure ballot placement.
Moody is arguing that arguing that the way its ballot summary is written is affirmatively misleading to voters on several grounds, which she says is grounds to invalidate the proposal.
In their response brief filed on Wednesday, Smart & Safe said that they relied on a “roadmap” for cannabis ballot initiatives that the court has provided over the past several years when considering prior proposed marijuana reforms. And they argued
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