The marijuana multistate operator-funded effort to legalize adult-use cannabis in Florida suffered a major blow on Friday when a state judge ruled more than 200,000 signatures invalid.
The decision jeopardizes Smart & Safe Florida’s effort to put legalization back on the ballot and is a big win for the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis, a longtime opponent of legal cannabis that moved to disqualify the signatures.
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According to the Tallahassee Democrat, the ruling by Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper erases roughly one-third of the 675,307 signatures collected and submitted by the campaign.
A spokesperson for Smart & Safe said the campaign will appeal the ruling.
But if it stands, the campaign now faces a significant challenge to gather the total of 880,000
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