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 Da_Vine
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 Marijuana: Colorado Legalization Backers Turn in 110,000 Signatures in Ballot Bid 
#5969509 - 08/16/06 01:55 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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sorry im late.
8/11/06
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/448/...ignatures.shtml
Organizers of an initiative that would legalize the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana in Colorado turned in more than 110,000 signatures to the secretary of state Monday afternoon. The initiative needs 67,829 valid signatures to make the November ballot.
If the measure makes the ballot, Colorado will join Nevada as states where voters will have a chance to decide on removing all criminal penalties for the possession of personal amounts of marijuana by adults. Currently, Alaska is the only state to allow adults to legally possess marijuana -- up to one ounce in the privacy of their homes.
Organized by SAFER Colorado, the initiative is an effort to replicate the success the group had in Denver last year, where residents voted to legalize the possession of up to an ounce under city ordinance. Denver police and prosecutors, however, have ignored that vote and continue to ticket and arrest people under state law.
"This past November, the people of the city of Denver voted to make the possession of up to one ounce of marijuana legal for adults under city ordinances," said SAFER campaign director Mason Tvert. "Yet our cowardly city officials blatantly ignored the will of the people and have continued arresting and prosecuting Denver residents under state law for making the safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol. We think that is wrong, and it appears more than 110,000 people in the great state of Colorado agree with us."
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 Re: Marijuana: Colorado Legalization Backers Turn in 110,000 Signatures in Ballot Bid [Re: Da_Vine]
#5969659 - 08/16/06 02:31 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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I bet there are more than 110,000 people in colorado to support them. I'd do that petition again!
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Legalization Backers Turn in 110,000 Signatures in Ballot Bid [Re: 76degrees]
#5969741 - 08/16/06 02:51 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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well the 110K+ is more than the 67K needed. You legalize that and I'll be out there to get the two females of my dreams. one human and one plant.
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Legalization Backers Turn in 110,000 Signatures in Ballot Bid [Re: downlowfunk]
#5970799 - 08/16/06 08:01 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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One small step for man...
one giant leap for America!
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Legalization Backers Turn in 110,000 Signatures in Ballot Bid [Re: Da_Vine]
#5971500 - 08/16/06 10:54 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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Dear Colorado,
Please follow through with your initiative to legalize our friend Mary Jane. Get your voices heard. Create a buzz in your communities. Don't give up. Please make this man cry tears of joy for the first time by legalizing marijuana in your wonderful state.
Sincerely,
DNKYD
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Legalization Backers Turn in 110,000 Signatures in Ballot Bid [Re: DNKYD]
#5971874 - 08/17/06 01:34 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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Will do. I signed it too =D
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Legalization Backers Turn in 110,000 Signatures in Ballot Bid [Re: Gastronomicus]
#5972542 - 08/17/06 11:15 AM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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I signed it as well and will of course vote for it in November.
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Re: Marijuana: Colorado Legalization Backers Turn in 110,000 Signatures in Ballot Bid [Re: Da_Vine]
#5972870 - 08/17/06 01:25 PM (17 years, 3 months ago) |
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Its official!! Its actually qualified for the ballot!!
http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6978
Colorado Cannabis Legalization Initiative Certified For November Ballot
August 17, 2006 - Denver, CO, USA
Denver, CO: The Colorado Secretary of State's office announced Wednesday that a statewide initiative that seeks to eliminate all criminal and civil penalties for the possession of cannabis by adults has been certified to appear on the November 2006 ballot.
Sponsored by Safer Alternatives For Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER), the measure would amend state statutes to make the possession of up to one ounce of cannabis legal in Colorado for those age 21 or older. Last year, voters in Denver passed a similar municipal initiative by 54 percent.
Sponsors turned in more than 130,000 signatures from Colorado voters to qualify the measure for the November ballot.
"The campaign will highlight the hypocrisy of laws that prohibit the use of marijuana while allowing and even encouraging the use of alcohol, an infinitely more harmful drug," said SAFER Campaign Director Mason Tvert.
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