Medical cannabis advocates in Arkansas filed a lawsuit challenging the secretary of state’s decision not to certify a ballot initiative that would expand the MMJ program.
The suit, filed Tuesday, was spurred by Secretary of State John Thurston’s ruling the previous day that Arkansans for Patient Access’ campaign was roughly 2,600 valid signatures short of what’s needed to qualify the initiative for the November ballot, according to the Associated Press.
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Thurston said the campaign turned in only 88,040 valid signatures, short of the required 90,704.
In July, Arkansans for Patient Access submitted more than 114,000 signatures.
According to the Arkansas Advocate, the 16-page complaint alleges that the secretary of state refused to count thousands of valid signatures that would have qualified the initiative
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