A former Republican Oklahoma lawmaker and a controversial marijuana activist are separately challenging a cannabis legalization initiative that was certified for ballot access last month and is still pending official placement for the November election amid additional legal scrutiny.
Mike Reynolds, who served in the Oklahoma House until 2014, filed a complaint with the state Supreme Court last week, alleging that a recently enacted state law on election integrity made it a “practical impossibility” to review signatures because, he said, they’ve been made inaccessible without taking legal action to review.
He received the signature data for State Question 820 last week, and he’s asked the court to grant a 10-day signature review period as well as a hearing and response from the secretary of state’s office regarding the merits of a challenge “arguing disapproval of all the signatures.”
Oklahoma House Speaker Charles McCall (R), sponsor of the election legislation, told KOFR that Reynolds was misinterpreting the bill. And Michelle Tilley, campaign director of Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws (OSML) said the former lawmaker’s challenge is “a shot in the dark protest” that likely amounts to “another delay tactic.”
OSML submitted more than enough signatures to qualify their measure in July, and
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