The Smart and Safe Arizona ballot initiative, that could legalize marijuana for adults 21 years and older in Arizona, has quickly gathered more than the required 300,000 signatures necessary to get listed on the ballots in November 2020. Most of the signature gathering was done in front of Arizona dispensaries and at various mega stores like Target and Wal-Mart […]
Marijuana was decriminalized in Washington D.C. earlier this summer, but on Nov. 4, District of Columbia voters will join Alaska and Oregon and vote to decide whether to make marijuana legal. If D.C voters were to approve Question 71, it would become legal to possess up to two ounces of marijuana, grow up to six plants, and share […]
A vote on legalizing recreational marijuana was originally scheduled in Alaska for August 2014 during its primary election, but was delayed until the general election on November 4. Historically, general elections have greater voter turnout so it puts the power of the decision into more residents’ hands. According to the Alaskan Campaign to Regulate Marijuana […]
Organizers for Initiative 71, a measure that would fully legalize possession of marijuana in the District, plan to announce this week that they are closing in on 60,000 signatures — a comfortable buffer over the 22,600 needed to ensure the measure qualifies for the November ballot. The city already has medical marijuana dispensaries and is […]
Advocates of legal marijuana in Oregon have gathered more than the required number of signatures to get a measure on the November ballot that could permit recreational use of the drug by adults. New Approach Oregon said the group had collected over 100,000 signatures – more than the 87,213 needed by July 3 – for […]
There has been some question recently about whether New Approach Oregon would have the resources to get on the ballot, but the campaign manager of the initiative expressed confidence about qualifying for the November ballot. Her group started collecting signatures last week. Liz Kaufman, the veteran political consultant running the campaign for New Approach Oregon, […]