Ohio activists have resubmitted a revised referendum petition to block parts of a restrictive marijuana and hemp law from going into effect after the attorney general had rejected an initial version he said was “misleading.”
“Upon review of the summary, we identified omissions and misstatements that, as a whole, would mislead a potential signer as to the scope and effect of S.B. 56,” Attorney General Dave Yost (R) wrote in a letter to the petitioners last week regarding their first proposal.
The referendum, led by Ohioans for Cannabis Choice, seeks to repeal key components of a bill the governor recently signed to scale back the state’s voter-approved marijuana law and ban the sale of consumable hemp products outside of licensed cannabis dispensaries.
The group submitted an initial batch of signatures to get the referendum process started last month. They have now submitted another batch with the redrafted version.
“We have addressed each and every issue raised by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, and we are confident our new petition summary language will be approved,” Dennis Willard, a spokesperson for Ohioans for Cannabis Choice, said.
“We are determined to give voters the chance to say no to SB 56 in November, no
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