A marijuana-legalization activist has dropped his bid to be the Libertarian Party's candidate for Pennsylvania attorney general.
N.A. Poe, who is also a comedian, filed the paperwork Monday afternoon and then exited stage left with his sense of humor still on full display.
Poe said his exit -- "at high noon" -- came after the state's Republican and Democratic Parties filed legal challenges last week, noting that a law license is necessary for the job.
"It's obvious that I'm not qualified for attorney general," Poe declared. "However, in a country where Donald Trump is dangerously close to having the nuclear launch codes, I was pretty sure that everyone would get my point about politics in America and the flaws of our justice system."
This is not the first time that Richard Tamaccio, who uses the Poe stage name in comedy and politics, has sought a spot on the ballot. Poe ran in a 2014 special election for a Philadelphia City Council at-large seat. He won 4,403 votes, 5.23 percent of the ballots cast in that election.
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