South Dakota legalization advocates will try for a third time to put adult-use marijuana on voters’ ballots.
The campaign, South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws, has until May 7 to collect 12,500 signatures from registered voters to qualify to appear on the 2024 presidential ballot in November, according to Sioux Falls-based TV station KELO.
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South Dakota voters have approved adult-use legalization once before.
A successful 2020 ballot initiative campaign was later overturned by the state Supreme Court, thanks in part to challenges from Republican Gov. Kristi Noem.
Low turnout – and the vocal opposition from Noem and other statewide officials – were blamed for the failure of a 2022 adult-use campaign.
However, South Dakota’s 2020 election did legalize a medical marijuana market.
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