While Florida's medical marijuana amendment fell short of the needed 60 percent vote, it drew nearly 500,000 more yes votes than the governor who was just reelected, Rick Scott.

On the strength of that strong support, Florida medical marijuana amendment backer John Morgan said Tuesday night that he would take the fight to Tallahassee, demanding that legislators respond by passing a medical marijuana law in the 2015 session.

The Orlando attorney is chairman of the group that got the amendment onto the ballot, United for Care.

"We may not have passed amendment 2 tonight but make no mistake, tonight was a victory in the fight for medical marijuana in Florida," said Morgan. "Our next governor will take the oath of office having won less than a majority of Floridians' votes. The idea that marijuana is medicine and that those suffering and in pain should not be made criminals, received a larger share of the vote than the winner of the last 6 gubernatorial elections (if over 56) and every presidential campaign in Florida for decades."

"Tomorrow we go to Tallahassee," Morgan added. "Tallahassee politicians can ignore polls and ignore activists. They cannot ignore a clear majority of Florida voters. We will not be ignored.

"They must pass a medical marijuana law in the 2015 session that serves the hundreds of thousands of sick and suffering Floridians who are desperate for one. If they don't, we'll be back on the ballot in 2016. And the will of the people will not be denied a second time."