Florida Marijuana Ballot Petition Nears Goal

Florida -- Organizers of a Florida campaign for medical use of marijuana say they expect to submit enough voter signatures this week to get the issue on ballots in time for the November election, adding further momentum to a national campaign to reform laws banning the drug.The campaign hopes to obtain as many as 1.1 million signatures before a February 1 deadline, said Ben Pollara, campaign manager of People United for Medical Marijuana. State law provides that campaign organizers have to get 683,149 voter signatures validated by the counties, and almost one in three are rejected to failing to meet requirements, such as residency and age.