Arkansas activists have submitted a final batch of signatures to qualify a medical marijuana expansion initiative for the November ballot, though they are still waiting on the outcome of a state Supreme Court about another measure that could decide their campaign’s fate.
While Arkansans for Patient Access (APA) turned in nearly 110,000 signatures to secure ballot placement last month, Secretary of State John Thurston (R) later notified the campaign that they had an “insufficient” number of valid petitions. They need 90,704 signatures to qualify, but at the time only about 77,000 were verified.
That gave advocates an additional 30 days to collect signatures to make up the difference. APA said on Friday, the turn-in deadline, that they submitted an additional batch of 38,933 signatures, and they’re confident that will push them over the threshold. In total, the campaign says it has now filed 150,335 voter signatures from all 75 counties across the state.
“We are excited to move one step closer to having the amendment certified,” Bill Paschall, an APA committee member, said in a press release. “People across the state have enthusiastically signed petitions and told us they are excited to vote for an amendment that will expand patient
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