SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Organizers of an initiative to legalize marijuana in California say they are submitting far more signatures than needed to qualify the measure for the November 2010 ballot.
Leaders of the campaign said volunteers would submit about 700,000 signatures Thursday collected across all 58 state counties.
The initiative needs about 434,000 signatures from registered voters to make the statewide ballot. Campaigners typically try to collect far more to build a cushion in case some signatures are invalidated.
The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 would legalize possession of small amounts of marijuana for adults.
It also would allow limited growing on private property and would permit local governments to decide whether to legalize and tax pot sales.
