An initiative to legalize marijuana in Ohio will appear on the state’s ballot this November, officials announced on Wednesday.
About two weeks after activists turned in a final round of signatures for the cannabis proposal, the secretary of state’s office has now certified that it met the requirements for ballot placement.
The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol (CTRMLA) submitted more than 220,000 signatures for the measure last month, but the state found that advocates came up short by 679 valid signatures. They were then given an additional 10 days to make up the differences and ultimately turned in about 6,500.
Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s office said in a letter to the campaign on Wednesday that 4,405 of those final signatures were valid. That brings the total to 127,772 signatures, which is about 3,000 more than they needed to make the ballot.
“We are grateful to the thousands of Ohioans who helped us get to this point and are excited to bring our proposal to regulate marijuana like alcohol before Ohio voters this coming Election Day,” CTRMLA spokesperson Tom Haren said.
The larger group of signatures that the Ohio campaign submitted last month represented the second batch it has
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