Florida activists have collected enough valid signatures to qualify a marijuana legalization initiative for the 2024 ballot, state officials confirmed on Thursday as the campaign faces a legal challenge from the state attorney general.
The Florida Division of Elections, which updates petition counts on the measure at the end of each month, is reporting that it has verified 967,528 signatures as of the end of May—exceeding the required 891,523 signature threshold.
At the end of January, the measure cleared an initial major hurdle, getting enough signatures to initiate a state Supreme Court review of the measure’s language. That analysis is still pending, at the same time that the court is considering Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s (R) legal challenge against the initiative.
Moody submitted an opinion to the court earlier this month, arguing that it violates the state Constitution’s single subject rule for ballot measures. Proposals are required to be narrowly focused on an individual issue.
Despite the opinion, activists say that they’ve thoroughly vetted the measure and are confident the court will agree that it complies with constitutional requirements.
The attorney general made the same argument against a 2022 legalization measure, and the Supreme Court subsequently invalidated it. Initial briefings
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