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Will pot activist's A.G.candidacy go up in smoke?
For N.A. Poe, a marijuana-legalization activist from Philadelphia, running for state attorney general was a lark to draw attention to the issue.
The state Republican and Democratic Parties didn't find it funny.
Both parties filed legal challenges Monday seeking to remove Poe - a stage name for the activism work and comedian act of Richard Tamaccio - from the Nov. 8 general election ballot as the Libertarian Party candidate.
Poe on Tuesday said he was examining his options, one of which was to "bow out gracefully."
Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160810_Will_pot_activist_s_AG_candidacy_go_up_in_smoke_.html
