Florida recreational marijuana fails to qualify for 2026 ballot, state says

A proposed amendment that would have let adults buy and use recreational marijuana failed to qualify for Florida’s 2026 ballot, the Department of State said Sunday.

Smart & Safe Florida, the group behind the marijuana campaign, fell short of the nearly 880,000 verified signatures required, along with 21 other proposed constitutional amendments, according to the Department of State.

The campaign’s shortfall comes after months of state directives that tossed out tens of thousands of verified petitions from Florida voters.

That includes a state push to remove about 200,000 petitions that were directly mailed to voters and about 70,000 petitions collected by non-Florida residents or signed by inactive voters, a technical designation that does not remove a person’s ability to vote.

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