Initiative 30 deemed insufficient

“Use and Regulation of Marijuana” fails to reach required number of valid signatures

Denver, February 3, 2012 – Today Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced that the proposed ballot measure concerning “Use and Regulation of Marijuana” was found to be insufficient as required by statute. Petitions were submitted to the Secretary of State’s office on January 4.

After failing to qualify using the random sample, the Secretary of State’s office immediately began verifying the signatures line by line.  The results are as follows:

Line-by-line Summary:

• Total number of qualified signatures submitted: 163,632
• Total number of entries accepted (valid) from random sample: 83,696
• Total number of entries rejected (invalid) from random sample: 79,936
• Total number of accepted entries necessary for placement on ballot: 86,105

After review of the submitted petition sections, Gessler declared that an insufficient number of valid signatures have been submitted.

The Secretary of State’s office has notified the proponents the petition has been deemed insufficient. Under state law, the proponents will have another 15 days to collect additional signatures to cure the deficiency. The proponents will have until 3:00 p.m. February 21 to submit additional signatures.