California: Marijuana measure falls short on required signatures

Tue, Mar 16 2010 — Source: The New York Times

Advocates for medical marijuana have failed to gather enough signatures for a ballot measure challenging a new Los Angeles ordinance that will close hundreds of marijuana dispensaries. Dan Halbert, the lead organizer of the effort, said Monday that his coalition had gathered about 15,000 voter signatures. It needed more than 27,400 by Monday to put the measure on a statewide ballot.

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