Arkansas court won't reconsider medical marijuana ruling
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Supreme Court said Thursday it will not reconsider its ruling from last week that no votes cast for a proposed initiated act to legalize medical marijuana in the state may be counted.
Without comment, the court decided 5-2 to deny a petition for rehearing filed by Arkansans for Compassionate Care, the sponsor of Issue 7. A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana, Issue 6, remains on the ballot.
On Oct. 27, the Supreme Court ruled that thousands of signatures the group submitted in support of its proposal should not have been validated by the secretary of state’s office because of non-compliance with state laws governing the use of paid canvassers. If those signatures had been thrown out, the measure would not have qualified for the ballot, the court said.
In reaching that decision the court’s majority rejected a report from a special master it had appointed, who found that the measure was properly certified for the ballot.
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