Cross your fingers: things arenâ??t looking too bad for Arizonaâ??s medical marijuana ballot initiative. Initially down by more than 7,000 votes on Election Night, Prop 203 is now down by less than 4,500 votes as hundreds of thousands of ballots are counted.

The race for Arizonaâ??s controversial Proposition 203 has gotten even tighter.

Nearly 50,000 provisional and left over early ballots were counted Thursday, according to Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell. [...]

Purcell said there are approximately 179,000 more early ballots and 55,000 provisional ballots that must still be counted.

The deficit on Thursday evening was initially cut to 3,000 votes, but the divide widened in counting on Friday. Counties have until November 12 to certify a final result, so weâ??re in for more days of ballot counting for medical marijuana in Arizona.