The Oklahoma attorney general has revised the ballot title of a marijuana legalization initiative that activists hope will be certified to go before the state’s voters in November, making mostly technical changes that the campaign views as satisfactory.
Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws (OSML) turned in what they consider to be more than enough signatures to qualify the legalization measure last month.
A few weeks later, state Attorney General John O’Connor’s (R) office released revised language of the ballot summary that corrects certain deficiencies and adds a fiscal impact note. The original version, the state’s first assistant attorney general wrote in a July 26 letter, “did not comply with applicable law.”
Michelle Tilley, campaign director of the Yes on 820 campaign, told Oklahoma Watch that advocates are “pleasantly surprised the attorney general revised the ballot title so quickly.”
“We were pleased the process worked the way it should in that instance,” she said. “We have no plans to contest it.”
The revised title puts a disclosure near the top, emphasizing that “marijuana use and possession remain crimes under federal law.” But beside restructuring and rephrasing certain provisions around tax revenue allocation, business licensing and expungements, the substance of both titles
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