Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative (2014)
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Idaho Medical Marijuana Initiative was not on the November 4, 2014 ballot in Idaho as an initiated state statute. The measure would have established a medical marijuana program for qualified patients and caregivers and protected them from criminal prosecution.[1]
Support
The measure was sponsored by the group Compassionate Idaho.[2]
Opposition
Opponents
- Sen. Chuck Winder (R-20)[3]
Path to the ballot
Initiative supporters needed to collect at least 53,751 valid signatures from registered voters by May 1, 2014, in order to place the initiated state statute on the ballot. This would have been equivalent to 6 percent of the qualified electors of the state at the time of the last general election.
In February 2014, proponents had 206 valid signatures. This was 0.4 percent of the amount they need to collect. Kendall Jeffs of Compassionate Idaho said, "Unless a miracle happens, we aren’t getting this ballot out in front of the people in 2014."[4]
Supporters only turned in 559 signatures and therefore the measure did not make the ballot.[5]
Similar measures
See also
Additional reading
Footnotes
- ↑ Idaho Secretary of State, "2014 Proposed Ballot Initiatives," accessed January 16, 2014
- ↑ Compassionate Idaho (dead link)
- ↑ Reuters, "Idaho braces for battle over legalizing medical marijuana," February 25, 2013
- ↑ Boise Public Radio, "Idaho’s Initiative To Legalize Medical Marijuana Is Failing Despite Public Support," February 19, 2014
- ↑ The Spokesman-Review, "Wage, Pot Petition Drives Fall Short," May 1, 2014
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