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bigmike7104
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Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA
#13433166 - 11/04/10 09:51 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Better hurry up Cali, you got some competition
Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in Massachusetts (Again) by Phillip Smith, November 03, 2010, 10:46pm, (Issue #657) Posted in:
Massachusetts State House Continuing a pattern of successful non-binding ballot questions on marijuana reform in Massachusetts, voters in 18 Bay State districts approved questions calling on representatives to support pot legalization or medical marijuana. That means MassCann and the Drug Policy Forum of Massachusetts have now won 63 of 63 such ballot measures since they started in 2000.
Voters in nine districts approved a question directing their representatives to support medical marijuana, winning by a total of 59% to 41%. That brings the total of state representative ballot questions approving medical marijuana to 20, as well as two state senate districts.
Voters in eight state house districts and one state senate district approved a ballot question directing their representatives to support marijuana legalization. The passed with an average of 61% approval.
The public policy ballot question campaign is laying the groundwork for passage of medical marijuana and/or marijuana decriminalization or legalization in the near future. They have established a clear record of voter approval for marijuana law reform in Massachusetts.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/nov/03/marijuana_ballot_questions_win_m
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Edited by bigmike7104 (11/04/10 09:54 AM)
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: bigmike7104]
#13433207 - 11/04/10 10:01 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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damn right, massachusetts!
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: bigmike7104]
#13433209 - 11/04/10 10:01 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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awesome good work mass voters
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: bigmike7104]
#13433210 - 11/04/10 10:01 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Voters in eight state house districts approved a ballot question directing their representatives to support marijuana legalization
That's 8 out of 12 state house districts supporting full legalization.
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: bigmike7104]
#13433311 - 11/04/10 10:42 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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i love this state
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: bigmike7104]
#13433347 - 11/04/10 10:51 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I wish my state was as progressive.
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: Le_Canard]
#13433504 - 11/04/10 11:30 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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I don't understand what this means what is a ballot question?
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: adamantasaurus]
#13433523 - 11/04/10 11:34 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Apparently it's a non-binding way to get a "feel" for voter sentiment, but I could be wrong as I don't live there.
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: adamantasaurus]
#13433527 - 11/04/10 11:35 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Where all the citizens of the state vote to reject or approve a proposal. In this case the votes don't actually affect anything(it usually does), it was just to see how much support there was for it.
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Edited by bigmike7104 (11/04/10 11:47 AM)
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: bigmike7104]
#13433569 - 11/04/10 11:49 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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come on crazy mass politics do something crazy!
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: Rylmonkey]
#13433607 - 11/04/10 12:00 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Rylmonkey said: come on crazy mass politics do something crazy!
That's what I'm saying! If they are the first state to legalize gay marriage maybe they'll be the first to legalize marijuana.
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: bigmike7104]
#13433700 - 11/04/10 12:19 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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oh ok thanks guys, thats what I was assuming but wasn't sure I live right near mass hopefully they will medicalize it in 2012!
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Re: Marijuana Ballot Questions Win in MA [Re: adamantasaurus]
#13433887 - 11/04/10 01:00 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Go mass! fuck yeah taking off right where cali left off,
see, by voting no on prop 19, california didnt really slow down the movement to much, but what they did do forsure is shoot themselves in the fucking foot by not getting a jumpstart on the market, washington, oregon and colorado all might have legalization bills, if they pass before or at the same time as cali, huge grow ops will propbably go to those states because land is cheaper and its easier to stay low profile from the feds
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