COLORADO SPRINGS — In a decision made by an El Paso County Court Judge, and the Colorado Supreme Court, recreational marijuana will not be appearing on Colorado Springs municipal election ballots in April.
In court documents from Thursday afternoon, an El Paso County judge ruled that the question of recreational marijuana will "not appear on ballots to avoid disenfranchising and confusing" voters.
According to the documents, the Supreme Court has declined "to exercise jurisdiction over the matter," after city council appealed to the Supreme Court for further deliberation.
This comes the day after the same judge granted the Colorado Springs City Council's motion to stay order pending appeal to the Supreme Court.
If the stay order had remained, it would have allowed city council to put the question of recreational marijuana back on the ballot.
At this time, neither side has released a statement on the decision.
Update as of 5:03 p.m.
The City of Colorado Springs released a response to the courts' decisions regarding recreational marijuana;
"The City will follow the district judge’s order filed today, Feb. 13 (attached). The ballot question referred by City Council will not appear on ballots. The City plans to mail ballots to overseas U.S. citizens and active-duty military on Tuesday, Feb. 18."
The motions from the El Paso District Court and the Colorado Supreme Court can be found below.
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