A Massachusetts campaign working to put a measure to roll back marijuana legalization on the November ballot has fired a signature gatherer it says was shown appearing to engage in “wholly unacceptable” conduct in a recent video.
As Marijuana Moment reported this week, a man petitioning for the Massachusetts initiative as well as a similar anti-cannabis proposal in Maine was depicted in recent social media posts seeming to argue that voters who support legal marijuana access should sign the petitions in order to advance or protect reform.
The Coalition for a Healthy Massachusetts—which is behind the measure in that state that would repeal laws allowing the regulated commercial sales of recreational marijuana while maintaining legal possession and continuing the medical cannabis system—said in a statement on Wednesday that it has “zero tolerance for any circulation tactics that would mislead petition signers.”
“The identified canvasser was immediately terminated, in coordination with our vendor, upon being made aware of the alleged conduct,” the group said. “The conduct apparent in the video would be wholly unacceptable and does not reflect how this campaign operates. We demand honesty, transparency and professionalism from everyone associated with our effort.”
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