Jimbo
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June 26, 2008 - Ukiah, CA
Ukiah, CA: Mendocino County voters narrowly decided to repeal an eight-year-old county law that legalized the possession of up to 25 marijuana plants, election officials affirmed this week.After tabulating over 11,000 additional absentee ballots, county officials confirmed the June 3rd election result in favor of initiative Measure B - which passed 52% to 48%.
California NORML, which had opposed the repeal effort, called the result a "moral victory," noting that the campaign's proponents had predicted that the measure would pass by more than 60 percent of the vote.
Passage of the new county law seeks to cap the number of plants adults may legally possess at six. However, activists are expected to challenge the validity of the law in court, arguing that a recent state District Court of Appeals decision prohibits municipalities from imposing limits on the quantity of marijuana patients may possess under state law.
"Measure B ... seeks to establish the same state limits for marijuana growing that were recently declared unconstitutional [by] the California appeals court," California Coordinator Dale Gieringer said. "Measure B's validity will be subject to ... immediate court challenges."
For more information, please contact Dale Gieringer, California NORML Coordinator, at: (415) 563-5858.
California: County Officials Finalize Mendocino Vote Count - NORML
Ukiah, CA: Mendocino County voters narrowly decided to repeal an eight-year-old county law that legalized the possession of up to 25 marijuana plants, election officials affirmed this week.After tabulating over 11,000 additional absentee ballots, county officials confirmed the June 3rd election result in favor of initiative Measure B - which passed 52% to 48%.
California NORML, which had opposed the repeal effort, called the result a "moral victory," noting that the campaign's proponents had predicted that the measure would pass by more than 60 percent of the vote.
Passage of the new county law seeks to cap the number of plants adults may legally possess at six. However, activists are expected to challenge the validity of the law in court, arguing that a recent state District Court of Appeals decision prohibits municipalities from imposing limits on the quantity of marijuana patients may possess under state law.
"Measure B ... seeks to establish the same state limits for marijuana growing that were recently declared unconstitutional [by] the California appeals court," California Coordinator Dale Gieringer said. "Measure B's validity will be subject to ... immediate court challenges."
For more information, please contact Dale Gieringer, California NORML Coordinator, at: (415) 563-5858.
California: County Officials Finalize Mendocino Vote Count - NORML
