Marijuana Amendment Effort Drops Appeal as Signature Fight Enters New Phase

Marijuana amendment group confident it'll make 2026 Florida ballot

Despite a legal setback, those behind a new amendment to legalize marijuana in Florida insist they still can qualify for the 2026 ballot.

Marijuana amendment effort drops appeal as signature fight enters new phase

The dispute over 200,000 tossed petition signatures has reshaped the path for a proposed 2026 recreational marijuana amendment in Florida.

Marijuana amendment effort drops appeal as signature fight enters new phase

The dispute over 200,000 tossed petition signatures has reshaped the path for a proposed 2026 recreational marijuana amendment in Florida.

Florida judge’s ruling on marijuana petition signatures won’t be appealed

The group behind a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational marijuana will not appeal a judge’s decision upholding the invalidation of 200,000 petition signatures.

Smart & Safe Florida confident cannabis amendment will make 2026 ballot

Close-Up Of Hand Holding Cannabis Plant Leaves. (Getty Images) The latest effort to legalize marijuana in Florida encountered a legal setback but those behind a new amendment insist they still can qualify for the 2026 ballot. Florida election officials have told local election supervisors to toss out 200,000 petition signatures that they say are invalid. Smart & Safe Florida, the group pushing the initiative, and which has relied on millions fro…

Florida Marijuana Campaign Is 'Confident' Legalization Measure Will Make Ballot, With 1 Million Signatures Despite State Roadblocks

A Florida campaign says it’s collected more than one million signatures to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the state’s 2026 ballot—and so it’s voluntarily declining to appeal a legal case in which a judge recently allowed state officials to invalidate about 200,000 petitions over a largely procedural issue. In a notice sent to Florida’s Second Judicial Circuit on Tuesday, Smart & Safe Florida advised that it would not be pursuing an a…