LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Organizers of an effort to expand medical marijuana i n Arkansas sued the state on Tuesday for its decision that the proposal won't qualify for the November ballot. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * LITTLE ROCK, Ark.
(AP) — Organizers of an effort to expand medical marijuana i n Arkansas sued the state on Tuesday for its decision that the proposal won't qualify for the November ballot. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Organizers of an effort to expand medical marijuana i n Arkansas sued the state on Tuesday for its decision that the proposal won’t qualify for the November ballot.
Arkansans for Patient Access asked the state Supreme Court to order Secretary of State John Thurston’s office to certify their proposal for the ballot. Thurston on Monday said the proposal did not qualify, ruling that its petitions fell short of the valid signatures from registered voters needed. The medical marijuana proposal was aimed at expanding a measure that the state’s voters approved in 2016.
It would have broadened the definition of medical professionals who can certify patients for medical cannabis, expanded qualifying conditions and made medical cannabis cards valid for three years. The group’s lawsuit challenges Thurston’s decision to not count some of the signatures because the state asserted it had not followed paperwork rules rega.