Florida state officials are again meddling with free and fair elections in a zealous quest to stop adult-use marijuana legalization.
That’s according to a lawsuit filed last week by Smart & Safe Florida, a marijuana multistate operator-backed legalization campaign, that accuses officials in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration of unlawfully thwarting efforts to put cannabis on the 2026 ballot.
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Bankrolled to the tune of $26 million and counting by Tallahassee-based Trulieve Cannabis, Smart & Safe Florida must collect by Feb. 1 roughly 880,000 valid signatures from registered voters to qualify a constitutional amendment that would legalize adult-use cannabis for adults and 21 and older.
But as Politico first reported, the state Division of Elections earlier this month instructed county elections officials to invalidate
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