POT CANDIDATE REMAINS ON BALLOT Voters in Burlington County and the First Congressional District will have the opportunity to vote for Legalize Marijuana candidate Edward Forchion even though he may be headed to jail. Forchion pleaded guilty last month to arranging a deal for 40 pounds of cannabis. Two days after his guilty plea he was arrested in Strawberry Mansion after buying three ounces of marijuana. He said the Philadelphia arrest was "a sign from God" that he should not have pleaded guilty, and he asked the Public Defender's Office in Trenton to enter a motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Forchion, who acknowledges he does not have a chance of getting elected, wanted to remain on the ballot to draw attention to his issue but feared the guilty plea would prevent him. But the State Attorney General's Election Division ruled Forchion is eligible to stay on the ballot until he is sentenced. That isn't scheduled until December.
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