Medical marijuana initiative officially qualifies for Michigan's 2008 ballot!
I'm writing today with exciting news about Michigan's medical marijuana initiative! When the Michigan Board of Canvassers officially certified the signatures MPP's campaign committee, the Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care (MCCC), submitted last month, the Michigan Legislature had 40 days to act — by either passing the initiative into law itself or sending the question to the voters to decide.
And those 40 days were officially up on Friday, April 11. With the legislature taking no action, the medical marijuana initiative will automatically go onto the November ballot!
As MCCC's top-notch team gears up to begin the campaign in earnest, would you please consider donating $10 or more today to help with their ongoing coalition-building and voter-outreach efforts?
The fact that voters will have the opportunity to make Michigan the 13th medical marijuana state is great news for Michigan's patients. Support for a compassionate law is wide and deep across the state: The most recent polling shows 67% of voters favor medical marijuana access, and five Michigan cities — Ann Arbor, Detroit, Ferndale, Flint, and Traverse City — have already passed local medical marijuana initiatives.
And last year, MCCC activists collected nearly half a million signatures from Michiganders, verified by the Board of Canvassers at a whopping 80.2% validity rate, to get the initiative on the ballot — further evidence of this broad, statewide support.
However, neither the all-star team MCCC has assembled nor this current momentum are enough, in and of themselves, to pass the measure into law and end the current policy of threatening Michigan patients with arrest and jail. We have every expectation that well-financed opposition will emerge, and we'll need your financial support to counter the coming attacks.
Would you please consider making a generous donation today to MCCC to ensure they can mount the most robust campaign possible?
We were also only able to qualify the initiative for the ballot — on time and under budget — with the volunteer help of dedicated activists from all across the state. And we'll continue to need that help as we move forward, so please get involved! With your help, we can make Michigan the 13th medical marijuana state and the first in the Midwest.
Thank you for supporting the Marijuana Policy Project and all of our allies. Be sure to pass this message along to your friends, family, and neighbors in Michigan. For news on the progress of the campaign as we move forward, please visit http://StopArrestingPatients.org/action.html.
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