Post by Logan on Apr 12, 2016 4:41:49 GMT -6
JEFFERSON CITY • It's crunch time for backers of a proposed state constitutional change allowing medical marijuana in Missouri. The group New Approach Missouri will have to turn in about 160,000 signatures by May 8 to make the November ballot.
Jack Cardetti, spokesman for New Approach Missouri, says the group is a little more than two-thirds of the way there.
"We feel we're in really good shape with basically five weeks to go to get the signatures," Cardetti said last week. "The response we've gotten from Missourians who want to make Missouri the 24th state to allow doctors to recommend marijuana for medical purposes has been extraordinary."
The group must gather signatures from eight percent of legal voters in six of Missouri's eight congressional districts. The minimum amount of signatures needed, then, is about 157,000, according to the Missouri Secretary of State.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-medical-marijuana-effort-faces-may-signature-deadline/article_81dc6333-6a65-533f-88a2-ce174538ab0e.html
Jack Cardetti, spokesman for New Approach Missouri, says the group is a little more than two-thirds of the way there.
"We feel we're in really good shape with basically five weeks to go to get the signatures," Cardetti said last week. "The response we've gotten from Missourians who want to make Missouri the 24th state to allow doctors to recommend marijuana for medical purposes has been extraordinary."
The group must gather signatures from eight percent of legal voters in six of Missouri's eight congressional districts. The minimum amount of signatures needed, then, is about 157,000, according to the Missouri Secretary of State.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-medical-marijuana-effort-faces-may-signature-deadline/article_81dc6333-6a65-533f-88a2-ce174538ab0e.html