Judge orders Florida elections division to update pot petition numbers on website
A Leon County circuit judge Thursday ruled that the Florida Division of Elections is required to update its website to reflect the number of valid petition signatures for a proposed recreational-marijuana constitutional amendment.
Judge Jonathan Sjostrom backed arguments by the Smart & Safe Florida political committee, which faces a Sunday deadline for submitting enough valid signatures to put the proposed amendment on the November ballot.
The committee filed a lawsuit this month alleging that the Division of Elections was not complying with a requirement to post weekly totals of valid...