Nebraskan
08-11-2007, 04:28 PM
The Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care (MCCC) has begun gathering signatures to put a medical marijuana initiative on the 2008 ballot. In order to get the initiative on the ballot, MCCC needs help. MCCC is asking supporters either to (1) collect 1,000 signatures or (2) donate or raise $1,000 to get the initiative on the ballot. If only 100 dedicated activists commit to collecting signatures as volunteers and only 450 supporters commit to raising money, the drive will pay for itself â?? and the money saved can be devoted to the actual campaign to pass the initiative in 2008!
You can visit Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care (http://www.StopArrestingPatients.org) to sign up to help.
Michigan law requires that MCCC collect 304,101 signatures in six months to get the medical marijuana initiative on the ballot. Because validity rates for signatures hover around 55%, this means we actually need to collect 550,000 raw signatures to qualify for the ballot. And because it costs us a dollar to gather each signature, we need the help of both generous donors and committed volunteers to make this happen.
Michigan activists have succeeded in passing local medical marijuana initiatives in five cities â?? Ann Arbor, Detroit, Ferndale, Flint, and Traverse City â?? and by large margins in every case. And, in late February, delegates at the Michigan Democratic Party Convention unanimously passed a resolution in favor of protecting patients from arrest.
via http://http://mi.mpp.org/site/c.ijIQI2PIKoG/b.1772137/k.BE72/Home.htm
You can visit Michigan Coalition for Compassionate Care (http://www.StopArrestingPatients.org) to sign up to help.
Michigan law requires that MCCC collect 304,101 signatures in six months to get the medical marijuana initiative on the ballot. Because validity rates for signatures hover around 55%, this means we actually need to collect 550,000 raw signatures to qualify for the ballot. And because it costs us a dollar to gather each signature, we need the help of both generous donors and committed volunteers to make this happen.
Michigan activists have succeeded in passing local medical marijuana initiatives in five cities â?? Ann Arbor, Detroit, Ferndale, Flint, and Traverse City â?? and by large margins in every case. And, in late February, delegates at the Michigan Democratic Party Convention unanimously passed a resolution in favor of protecting patients from arrest.
via http://http://mi.mpp.org/site/c.ijIQI2PIKoG/b.1772137/k.BE72/Home.htm