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Florida’s medical marijuana initiative must get a supermajority of over 60 percent to be approvedIt is going to be a close fight to see if Florida approves medical marijuana this November. Another poll shows that Amendment 2, Use of Marijuana for Certain Medical Conditions, in potentially in danger of losing.The most recent found 53 percent of likely voters in the state are planning on voting yes, 32 percent plan on voting no and 15 percent are still undecided. This is a small drop since which put the measure at 56 percent yes to 31 percent no.Support is strongest among young people and weakest among older voters, but at least a plurality in every age group supports medical marijuana.Normally, that would be good enough but Florida’s unusual ballot measure laws require all amendments to get a supermajority of over 60 percent to be approved.This puts the measure right on the cusp. If undecideds split evenly Amendment 2 would just barely cross that threshold, but often with ballot measures the undecideds tend to break against change.The campaign behind the amendment this week which found the measure winning 69 percent with very few undecided.Florida’s medical marijuana initiative must get a supermajority of over 60 percent to be approvedIt is going to be a close fight to see if Florida approves medical marijuana this November. Another poll shows that Amendment 2, Use of Marijuana for Certain Medical Conditions, in potentially in danger of losing.The most recent found 53 percent of likely voters in the state are planning on voting yes, 32 percent plan on voting no and 15 percent are still undecided. This is a small drop since which put the measure at 56 percent yes to 31 percent no.Support is strongest among young people and weakest among older voters, but at least a plurality in every age group supports medical marijuana.Normally, that would be good enough but Florida’s unusual ballot measure laws require all amendments to get a supermajority of over 60 percent to be approved.This puts the measure right on the cusp. If undecideds split evenly Amendment 2 would just barely cross that threshold, but often with ballot measures the undecideds tend to break against change.The campaign behind the amendment this week which found the measure winning 69 percent with very few undecided.Shadowproof is a financially independent news organization. All of our funding comes from small donations made by readers like you.We use your donations to hire freelance writers and cover our operating costs. Monthly membership subscriptions give us the stability we need to make plans while ensuring our organization does not depend on grants or major funders. If you like what you read, support our writers with a donation today.&nbsp;

Florida’s medical marijuana initiative must get a supermajority of over 60 percent to be approvedIt is going to be a close fight to see if Florida approves medical marijuana this November. Another poll shows that Amendment 2, Use of Marijuana for Certain Medical Conditions, in potentially in danger of losing.The most recent found 53 percent of likely voters in the state are planning on voting yes, 32 percent plan on voting no and 15 percent are still undecided. This is a small drop since which put the measure at 56 percent yes to 31 percent no.Support is strongest among young people and...

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