Florida elections officials are refusing their “indisputable … mandatory and ministerial” responsibilities to thwart a marijuana legalization campaign.
That’s according to a lawsuit filed Oct. 30 in state Supreme Court by Smart & Safe Florida, the marijuana multistate operator-backed effort to put adult-use cannabis legalization on the 2026 ballot.
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Legalization backers must collect 880,062 valid signatures from registered voters to qualify for the November 2026 ballot.
But before that, once the campaign gathers 25% of the required signatures, the Florida secretary of state is required to send a letter confirming that fact and trigger a state Supreme Court review of the voter initiative.
And it’s that “mandatory ministerial duty” that Secretary of State Cord Byrd is refusing to fulfill, Smart & Safe’s lawsuit
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