Things were looking bleak earlier this week for the signature-gathering campaign for I-1068, which would have legalized marijuana in Washington state.

Today, it's official: Douglas Hiatt, a lawyer for medical marijuana patients and spokesman for the I-1068 campaign, told the Associated Press they failed to gather the approximately 240,000 signatures necessary to make the November ballot, reports Chris Grygiel at SeattlePI.com. (In a last-ditch effort last week,  the campaign stuffed 80,000 copies of the Stranger with petitions.)

I-1068 would have removed all state penalties for the cultivation, use, sale and possession of marijuana. Federal penalties would not have been affected.

Hiatt said his campaign fell short by 40,000-50,000 signatures. The November ballot will nevertheless be packed—six other initiative campaigns, including both booze privatization initiatives and the proposal to privatize workers comp, have already qualified.