Post by Logan on Jun 26, 2016 6:51:45 GMT -6
BOSTON — Supporters of a proposal that could make Massachusetts the fifth U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana said they met a Wednesday deadline to submit voter signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
Sponsors of three other proposed ballot questions also said they had collected more than enough signatures required to proceed.
Jim Borghesani, spokesman for the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, said Wednesday that the group turned in more than 25,000 signatures to city and town clerks around the state ahead of a 5 p.m. deadline.
Only 10,792 certified signatures are required at this stage of the process, but sponsors of ballot initiatives typically try to gather many more as a hedge against signatures that are disqualified for various reasons.
Read more: www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2016/06/backers_file_signatures_for_pot_legalization_question
Sponsors of three other proposed ballot questions also said they had collected more than enough signatures required to proceed.
Jim Borghesani, spokesman for the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, said Wednesday that the group turned in more than 25,000 signatures to city and town clerks around the state ahead of a 5 p.m. deadline.
Only 10,792 certified signatures are required at this stage of the process, but sponsors of ballot initiatives typically try to gather many more as a hedge against signatures that are disqualified for various reasons.
Read more: www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2016/06/backers_file_signatures_for_pot_legalization_question