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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A judge ruled that votes cast in El Paso County to ban medical marijuana businesses will count, despite a lawsuit that sought to block the proposed initiative.
An El Paso County District judge made the ruling Wednesday after medical marijuana businesses filed a lawsuit asking for the ballot question to be removed or that the votes not be counted. Attorneys for the businesses argued the question was unconstitutional.
The ballot measure would prohibit future and existing medical marijuana businesses in incorporated El Paso County. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports that about a dozen marijuana businesses are operating in unincorporated El Paso County.
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Information from: The Gazette,
