Pubdate: Thu, 24 Apr 2014
Source: Morning Sun (Mt. Pleasant, MI)
Copyright: 2014 Morning Sun
Contact:   http://www.themorningsun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3938
Page: A3

MAN FACING TRIAL FILES TO RUN FOR MICHIGAN HOUSE

OAK PARK (AP) - A Detroit-area marijuana advocate facing a felony
trial on charges he sold the drug is running for a seat in the state
House.

Andrew Cissell wants to represent Michigan's 27th District, which
includes Hazel Park and his hometown of Oak Park. Activists submitted
petitions Tuesday to put marijuana legalization questions on August
ballots in both cities.

Cissell, who is running on a platform that is almost exclusively about
legalizing cannabis, says he hopes the proposals will sweep him to a
primary victory this summer. The idea is to draw voters who otherwise
would ignore a primary election.

The problem is: Cissell, 26, could be in jail come election time if
convicted at a trial scheduled to begin in May.

"If Andrew ends up in prison, that won't stop us - this movement will
go on," campaign spokeswoman Debra Young told the Detroit Free Press.
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