Legalized pot campaign won’t appeal tossed petitions, urges state to tabulate thousands of uncounted signatures

A campaign to put recreational marijuana back on Florida’s statewide ballot won’t appeal a decision tossing 200,000 signatures.

A Leon County judge last week upheld a decision by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to invalidate 200,000 petitions collected by the Smart & Safe Florida campaign, as reported by the Tallahassee Democrat .

Trulieve, the state’s largest medical marijuana company, is a major backer of Smart & Safe Florida, donating nearly $26 million to support the initiative for the 2026 ballot.

That’s a significant setback as the campaign aims to gather more than 880,000 signatures before a Feb. 1 deadline. But it’s one the campaign believes it can overcome without the tossed petitions.

“The Smart & Safe campaign will not appeal the recent court ruling to invalidate