More than enough signatures to get medical marijuana on Florida ballot

Group says it has enough signatures to get medical marijuana on Florida ballot
Tampa Bay Times
Stephen Nohlgren, Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The people pushing for medical marijuana have all but shut down their petition campaign, saying they have collected enough signatures to get a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot.

United for Care, headed by Orlando lawyer John Morgan, announced Wednesday that it had collected more than 1.1 million signatures and had stopped paying people to gather more, except for a few more days in one county.

Elections officials — who typically reject a few hundred thousand signatures — are still processing the latest petition batches to see whether United for Care has indeed delivered the minimum 683,149 valid signatures the law requires.

But Ben Pollara, United for Care's campaign manager, declared victory Wednesday night on the organization's website.

"This is an enormous achievement,'' Pollara said. "Literally thousands of volunteers contributed their time, collecting petitions in the rain and heat, on their weekends and holidays.''
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