Oklahoma activists have withdrawn a marijuana legalization initiative that they’d hoped to place on the state’s 2026 ballot.
After a short but aggressive signature push to secure ballot placement, Oklahomans for Responsible Cannabis Action (ORCA) ultimately did not turn in its petitions by the deadline, according to the secretary of state’s office.
This is a critical setback for advocates, who had partnered with retailers across the state—from existing medical cannabis dispensaries to tattoo parlors—to carry the petitions. More than 500 locations lent their support by serving as signing locations.
ORCA needed to turn in 172,993 valid signatures by Monday, and while the campaign appeared optimistic about its progress, the secretary of state’s office has confirmed it didn’t make the cut.
“WITHDRAWN BY PROPONENTS OF RECORD,” the office’s website says. “November 3, 2025; No petition pamphlets were filed on behalf of IP449; IP449 is no longer active with the Secretary of State office.”
While the campaign wasn’t actively verifying signatures it collected due to the decentralized and largely volunteer nature of the effort, ORCA founder Jed Green, who could not be reached for comment on Monday or Tuesday, told Marijuana Moment last month that the team had “some pretty big piles”
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