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Michigan voters will decide marijuana legalization after Legislature fails to act - Cannabis News
The Michigan Legislature on Tuesday decided to punt the issue of legalizing marijuana for recreational use to voters to decide in the November election.
Senate Republicans had wanted to take up and pass the measure so they could amend it and keep it off the Nov. 6 general election ballot.
But they deferred to the House of Representatives to see whether Republicans could muster the votes — 55 needed for passage — and they never got close.
"There's simply not support in the chamber to pass this right now. The voters are going to have to decide," said Speaker of the House Tom Leonard, R-Dewitt.
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Kathleen Gray ~ Detroit Free Press ~
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