How Initiative 300 votes have been trending

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Megan Arellano
Marijuana at Verde Natural's grow facility. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Marijuana at Verde Natural's grow facility. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Public marijuana consumption isn’t legal in Denver yet. Currently, 62.60 percent of voters favor the measure to allow use in public at businesses that obtain something like a liquor license from the city.

That’s a difference of 14,443 votes, so yeah, that’s why election officials haven’t called the race.

But the difference is a lot bigger than Tuesday night. In fact, more and more yes votes have come in with each count.

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But to put it in perspective, here’s how close it’s looked at last count:

Here's what the votes looked like Friday.

Here's what the votes looked like Friday.

The next update will come in Monday evening.

 

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