Oklahoma activists are in the “home stretch” to collect enough signatures to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the state’s 2026 ballot, with just under three weeks left to go before a critical deadline.
Key to the campaign’s signature gathering operation are partnerships with retailers across the state—from existing medical cannabis dispensaries to tattoo parlors—that are carrying the petitions. Jed Green, founder of Oklahomans for Responsible Cannabis Action (ORCA), tells Marijuana Moment that there are now more than 500 locations lending their support by serving as signing locations.
“A lot of folks are doubling down on their efforts,” he said. “We’re hoping to be able to do some things to try to drive voter and consumer traffic to those locations, as well as get out to a lot of the public events that happen in the fall. So we’ve been out working on those as well.”
ORCA will need to submit the required 172,993 signatures by November 3, after which point the secretary of state’s office will need to validate them. Then there will be a 90-day window for any legal challenges to the measure. If the campaign clears that barrier, it will appear on the ballot.
While the campaign
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