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bravenak
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February 5, 2014
Pot petition has enough signatures to make ballot.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA Enough petition signatures have been verified to place an initiative seeking to legalize marijuana on the ballot this summer in Alaska, election officials said Tuesday.
The petition has met all the thresholds necessary to appear on the Aug. 19 primary ballot, the Alaska Division of Elections said.
The lieutenant governor's office said it had verified the signatures from registered voters as of Monday evening. The total of 31,500 was a thousand more than needed, with about 6,000 signatures remaining to be checked.
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/02/04/3306628/alaska-voters-could-legalize-pot.html#storylink=cpy
http://www.adn.com/2014/02/04/3306628/alaska-voters-could-legalize-pot.html
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