The organization Coalition for a Safer Detroit, earlier this year gathered sufficient signatures to place on the ballot in Detroit an initiative that would legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The three-member Detroit Election Commission voted to prevent it from being place on the November ballot where it could have been voted on by the citizens of the city. After losing an appeal on August 9th to the Wayne County Circuit judge, the Detroit Free Press is reporting that future attempts to appeal the decision will not come in time to allow the measure to appear on the ballot this November.

“We have no interest in losing this on appeal, so we are not going to simply rush to the courthouse with a sloppy legal brief in hopes of getting emergency relief from the Court of Appeals at such a late hour,” organizer Tim Beck said. “If we win, we will simply be on the ballot at a later date and will not have to gather signatures again.”