Make It Legal Florida, a well-financed campaign to get REC on the state ballot, said it would shift its focus to the 2022 ballot, due to a rule limiting its time to collect signatures.
Tampa Bay Times
- The hundreds of thousands of signatures it has collected can be applied to the 2022 initiative.
- Legalization activists have traditionally favored presidential election years for REC ballot initiatives because they generate larger and younger voter turnout.
In other state legalization news…
- Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) called for the state to legalize REC and put forward a plan to open state run dispensaries.
Marijuana Moment - In New Hampshire, lawmakers may consider legalizing REC but not the industry.
Market Realist - Activists in Montana submitted two REC proposals they hope to see on the November ballot.
Missoula Current - New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wants to legalize REC through the legislature this year.
Las Cruces Sun News
