Marijuana supporters are pushing for a quick answer from the state's highest court in hopes of allowing Michigan voters to decide if recreational pot should be made legal.
MI Legalize, the group behind the effort to place the issue on Michigan's November ballot, filed an Aug. 30 motion with the Michigan Supreme Court for immediate consideration of the issue as to whether the signatures it turned in to the state are valid. The group is asking for a decision by Tuesday, Sept. 6, to leave time to get the issue on the ballot.
The proposed ballot question would ask Michigan voters if marijuana should be legal for people 21 and older.
After the Board of State Canvassers determined that not enough of the signatures MI Legalize turned in were valid because some were collected outside of a 180-day collection window, the group sued in June.
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MI Legalize, the group behind the effort to place the issue on Michigan's November ballot, filed an Aug. 30 motion with the Michigan Supreme Court for immediate consideration of the issue as to whether the signatures it turned in to the state are valid. The group is asking for a decision by Tuesday, Sept. 6, to leave time to get the issue on the ballot.
The proposed ballot question would ask Michigan voters if marijuana should be legal for people 21 and older.
After the Board of State Canvassers determined that not enough of the signatures MI Legalize turned in were valid because some were collected outside of a 180-day collection window, the group sued in June.
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