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Ohio adult-use marijuana ballot bid falls shy of needed signatures

Ohio voters might see adult-use marijuana legalization on the November ballot, but campaign organizers have a little more work to do first.

The effort to legalize a recreational market in Ohio has 10 days to find nearly 700 valid signatures to qualify for the fall ballot, state officials said Tuesday.

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The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol campaign submitted more than 223,000 signatures to the Ohio secretary of state earlier this month.

The state declared that only 123,367 signatures were valid, according to a letter from Secretary of State Frank LaRose sent to the campaign.

Under state law, the campaign has another 10 days to find “an additional 679 valid signatures,” LaRose wrote.

That should be simple, Tom Haren, spokesperson for the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol campaign, said in a statement.

Finding another 700 voters to sign a petition “is going to be easy, because a majority of

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