Organizers of an effort to expand medical marijuana in Arkansas are suing over the state's decision that it won't qualify for the ballot.

The secretary of state deemed that only 88,000 of the submitted signatures were valid, short of the required 90,000.

The group behind a proposed medical marijuana ballot measure asked the Arkansas Supreme Court Tuesday to vacate the secretary of state’s rejection of its proposal, require the counting of submitted signatures and certify the measure for November’s election.

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 nonprofit group "Arkansans for Patient Access" is continuing the fight to get an amendment that would expand medical marijuana access across Arkansas onto the ballot in November. On Monday, the Arkansas Secretary of State said some of the signatures the group turned in were invalid,

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

Arkansas cannabis ballot measure falls 2,664 signatures short. Legal action looms as medical marijuana expansion faces uncertainty.

Attorneys for the group Arkansans for Patient Access argue the secretary of state was selective in applying a law which led to their amendment to be disqualified.

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