I just received this. Not mentioned below is that, according to this poll, 64% of Republicans will vote yes.

We have fantastic news!

According to a new independent poll published in a prominent Michigan political newsletter, 67% of voters favor the passage of MCCC's medical marijuana initiative in the state! This is a significant increase in support from polls conducted in previous years. It also cuts across all demographics, which bodes very well for making Michigan the 13th medical marijuana state this November.

The poll, conducted by the Lansing-based consulting firm Marketing Resource Group (MRC) and published in Inside Michigan Politics, surveyed 600 registered Michigan voters. And the numbers speak for themselves: 67% of Michiganders support a compassionate medical marijuana law, with 28% opposed and only 5% undecided.

Momentum is clearly on the side of reform, but we still need both the resources and the activist base to mount an effective campaign as we move forward. If you are at all able, please consider making a donation to the campaign today, or click here to get involved!

After the nearly half a million signatures MCCC handed in to the state last November came back with a whopping 80.2% validity rate, the medical marijuana initiative advanced to the Michigan Legislature. If, as expected, the legislature chooses not to act on the initiative after 40 days, Michigan voters will decide the issue at the polls in November.

The overwhelming level of support is not altogether surprising: Five Michigan cities - Ann Arbor, Detroit, Ferndale, Flint, and Traverse City - have already passed local ordinances to protect seriously ill patients who use medical marijuana with their doctors' recommendations, and have done so by wide margins every time. And previous polling - such as a 2005 survey, which found 61% in favor of a compassionate medical marijuana law - has always indicated that a majority of Michiganders support reform.

The strong showing of support reflected in the MRC poll - 2 out of 3 Michigan residents would now vote in favor of MCCC's initiative - is testimony to the compassion and commonsense of Michiganders, who clearly favor ending the cruel and unnecessary policy of arresting Michigan's seriously ill for simply treating the symptoms of debilitating illnesses.

Despite this encouraging news, the campaign still has a long way to go and we'll need substantial resources to maintain this momentum. Would you please consider donating to MCCC today or volunteering for the campaign? Your continued activism and participation will help ensure a victory for the patients at the polls in November.

Scott Klein
Michigan Coaliton for Compassionate Care
313-346-7688
P.O. Box 20489
Ferndale, MI 48220
sklein@mpp.org

[hoppjah]

Bump this!

Good news for all the people in MI with medical needs. Everyone needs to get on the boat and register to vote in Nov, if you already haven't.

This can only benefit medical patients and help the crap economy in MI.

So, if you're not registered, DO IT. If you are registered, get off your ass in Nov. and vote for the right thing to do.

After April 14, I want to see posters that clearly identify every elected official in Michigan that stood in clear opposition to the will of the people.

Only to force seriously sick people to suffer an additional few months.


Posted by Clark Hughes
The Bay City Times
March 25, 2008 09:41AM
Categories: Our View

Legislators too timid to touch a burning issue may let
special interests determine how Michigan rolls, with a
medical marijuana initiative on the Nov. 4 general
election ballot.

It's a poor way to make law.

On March 3, the Michigan Board of Canvassers approved
petition signatures for a ballot initiative that would
allow seriously ill people to grow as many as 12
marijuana plants and possess 2.5 ounces of marijuana
for treatment of their disease.

Using an alternate spelling for the drug, the proposal
is called the "Michigan Medical Marihuana Act."

Its main supporters are the Michigan Coalition for
Compassionate Care and the Marijuana Policy Project.

Their petitioners collected more than enough
verifiable signatures - 377,975 - to force the
proposal before the state House and Senate.

If neither body of elected lawmakers acts on the
proposal within 40 days, which is mid-April, the
Michigan Constitution requires that the measure be
placed on the next general election ballot.

Neither the House nor the Senate are expected to
tackle this hot-button issue.

Instead, the people who voters elect and pay to
represent them in Lansing may just let this proposal
happen.

That would be a dereliction of duty.

Legislators, stand up and be counted.

Let your employers, the people of your districts, know
exactly where you stand on this issue.

It's not like the petition has tied lawmakers' hands.

Within that 40-day window, the state constitution
says, lawmakers may approve the ballot proposal, or
vote it down and submit their own version of what a
state medical marijuana law should look like and run
it on ballots alongside of the petition initiative.

In any event, the "Michigan Medical Marihuana Act"
crafted by special interests will appear on the Nov. 4
ballot.

But Michiganders still do have a say in what they will
see in voting booths on Election Day.

That can only happen if state representatives and
senators find the courage to debate and vote on what
some see as an evil drug and others view as a medical
marvel.

This is a thorny issue that deserves wide-open, public
debate.

An up-or-down vote.

Even an alternative medical marijuana law, written by
elected lawmakers who are paid to represent the
interests of the people of this state.

Odds are good that, when faced with a medical
marijuana proposal, Michiganders will vote to approve
one. In 2005, for example, more than 60 percent of
voters in Traverse City and Ferndale approved medical
marijuana measures on their local ballots. It was the
same story in Flint last year. State and federal law,
which supersede local ordinances, make these measures
largely symbolic.

Michigan is poised to become the 13th state in the
nation - the first in the Midwest - to legalize
marijuana use and possession for medical purposes.

Reclaim this important public issue, legislators, and
earn your keep.

Do not just shrug, and let "Medical Marihuana" happen
without you.

Our View is the editorial opinion of The Bay City
Times, as determined by the newspaper's editorial
board, which includes the editorial page editor, the
editor and the publisher.

[Cannabeard]

Bump.. I am interested in more about this. If anyone has any more information regarding MI and MMJ, please by all means, inform us.

Stay safe and fly free
Cannabeard

This will be on the ballot in November. Our lawmakers whimped out. The petition was certified by the board of canvesers.

Latest poll of 600 random Michigan voters shows that only 28% of voters will vote no in November.

There is little to stop it now.

Originally Posted by Cannabeard

Bump.. I am interested in more about this. If anyone has any more information regarding MI and MMJ, please by all means, inform us.

Stay safe and fly free
Cannabeard

It's time to focus on the federal level now. The people have no way to bypass federal elected officials. The only way to get the fed to act is by letting elected officials know we are interested in mmj.

One click a day, every day
until it all goes away

These locations allow you to send an email to your elected official. The first time there you fill in your name etc. After the first time the information is still there. This makes it real easy to "vote" every day with a couple of simple clicks.

The medical bill:
https://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=11280351
The decrim bill:
https://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=11280301

At the end of every day, some intern gives a report to your congressman about all received letters and e-mails.

The report contains totals about which bill and the count of for or against.

Let's stuff the box!

I'm urging everyone to click on both of the above links once per day. .. until it all goes away.

E-mail this to your friends .. pass it on. just one click per day can change things for us!

If your congressman already supports either of these bills, ask them to co-sponsor. The more co-sponsors the faster the bill comes to the floor.

This thread is dedicated to following the progress of these federal bills in congress:

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=87643

Please don't let them rest!

[hoppjah]

Bump this for the MI heads.

C'mon guys, lets get on this and get it done. This state needs it, for the patients suffering, and for the economy suffering. It will help everyone.

[KottonMouth]

I can't wait to vote YES for this.

[Cannabeard]

I believe that it will be Proposal number 1 on this years ballot. Lets make sure that all of the Michigan heads get registered to vote and pass this thing.

[mark6699331]

Looks like i might move back home- after all these years- see how it goes-