Colorado Springs will send out ballots for its April municipal election without a question about overturning legalized recreational pot sales after courts invalidated the ballot measure.

The city said it will follow the latest court order that the referred ballot measure should not be on the April ballot.

In November, 54 percent of Colorado Springs voters voted to allow existing medical dispensaries to sell recreational marijuana within city limits. But following that vote, the Colorado Springs city council voted 7-2 in January to put the issue back on the spring ballot, with Councilmembers Nancy Henjum and Yolanda Avila voting against it.

Colorado Springs agreed Thursday to remove the question repealing the recreational marijuana rules for the city after El Paso County District Court ordered they "take all actions necessary" to drop the question.

An attempt to overturn a recent citywide vote allowing recreational marijuana sales in Colorado Springs has been delayed.

An amendment requires local ballot measures banning recreational marijuana sales to be during a general election in an even-numbered year.

The will-they, won't-they recreational marijuana saga in Colorado Springs entered new territory this week. The big picture: A district court judge ruled Monday that the city's recent attempt to ask voters to repeal recreational marijuana sales is unconstitutional,

An El Paso County Judge has issued a ruling on whether or not to allow a ballot issue regarding recreational marijuana in Colorado Springs.