LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An effort to expand Arkansas’ medical marijuana program fell short of the required signatures and won’t qualify for the November ballot, Secretary of State John Thurston said Monday. Arkansans for Patient Access, the group behind the measure, said it planned to take legal action to appeal Thurston’s decision.

The office of Secretary of State John Thurston's office announced that the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2024 failed to make it on the November ballot

Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston determined a petition to put a medical marijuana question on the ballot did not meet the signature requirements.

A measure looking to further open medical marijuana access in Arkansas looks to now be off the November 2024 ballot.

The Arkansas Secretary of State said that the Arkansas Marijuana Amendment of 2024 proposal fell short of the signature requirement.

The secretary of state ruled that the number of valid signatures turned in by the campaign fell just short of the threshold.

Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston said Monday that a group aiming to expand the state's medical marijuana program through a ballot initiative did not get enough signatures during the cure period to reach the required 90,

Supporters of a proposed ballot measure that would make changes to the state’s medical marijuana industry vowed to pursue legal action Monday after Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston deemed their petition insufficient.

The group Arkansans for Patient Access failed to collect enough signatures to place the amendment on the ballot, Secretary of State John Thurston said Monday.

Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston on Monday (Sept. 30) informed representatives of a group seeking to make changes to the state’s medical marijuana amendment that it had failed