Challengers allege fraud in signature collection for marijuana repeal initiative
Challenge claims paid signature gatherers misled voters about ballot measure's intent to repeal recreational marijuana law; over 78,000 signatures were certified in December, officials said.
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Ballot measure to repeal Mass. cannabis law faces challenge over deception claims
An initiative that could upend the legal marijuana market in Massachusetts may have started as a long shot, but it has the industry’s attention.The measure would repeal the state law that legalized marijuana sales and established regulations and taxes for recreational pot. After its backers successfully gathered more than 78,000 signatures toward putting the measure on the ballot, a group of marijuana business owners and other supporters of lega…
Massachusetts Officials Will Review Complaint That Anti-Marijuana Campaign 'Fraudulently' Collected Signatures For Ballot Initiative
Massachusetts election officials have scheduled a hearing to investigate a complaint challenging the signature gathering process for a proposed ballot initiative to roll back the state’s marijuana law. This comes about two weeks after the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Elections Division confirmed that the anti-cannabis campaign collected enough valid signatures to send the measure to lawmakers for consideration ahead of potentially being place…
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