Montana Marijuana Campaigns Spending Big Money to Try to Get on the Ballot

June 6, 2016
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With just two more weeks to gather signatures, three marijuana-related ballot issue campaigns are hitting the road for a final push.

Tens of thousands of dollars have been raised by the groups, and those with the largest war chests are reporting the most success.

To get on the November ballot, the campaigns must gather 24,175 signatures by June 17.

Safe Montana is the group campaigning to repeal Montana’s medical marijuana program. The organization has proposed Initiative 176 toward that end.

Since October, Safe Montana has run a visible campaign across the state. Its founder, Billings businessman Steve Zabawa, said the group has collected more than the requisite number of signatures. [Read more at the Billings Gazette]

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