A Massachusetts campaign seeking to put an initiative on the 2026 ballot to roll back the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law is “confident” they turned in enough signatures this week to qualify—and they’re also pushing back against allegations that some of its petitioners violated election laws by peddling misleading claims about the measure.
Wendy Wakeman, a spokesperson for Coalition for a Healthy Massachusetts behind the “Act to Restore a Sensible Marijuana Policy” initiative, said the team believes they’ve submitted more than the 74,574 valid signatures needed to advance to the next step toward ballot placement.
“The committee is confident it will have obtained sufficient signatures to place the question on the ballot,” Wakeman told Marijuana Moment on Thursday.
The campaign turned in its signed petitions on the initial deadline Wednesday, but they must still be processed by local officials and then refiled with the state by December 3. The campaign previously said it’s aiming to submit more than 100,000 signatures to ensure the measure qualifies, though it’s unclear how many they’ve submitted so far.
“The rollout of marijuana sales in Massachusetts has been rife with corruption,” Wakeman told CommonWealth Beacon.
“The results of legalized marijuana have been higher traffic incidents
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