Oklahoma officials certified on Monday that activists have collected enough valid signatures to place a marijuana legalization initiative before voters. But the measure may not end up on this November’s ballot as planned, because there are still additional formalities the proposal needs to go through as state deadlines to print voting materials approach.
Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws (OSML) turned in what they said were more than enough signatures to qualify the legalization measure last month. That has now been confirmed, with the secretary of state’s office certifying that 117,257 of those submissions were valid, exceeding the 94,911 needed to qualify.
The initiative will now go before the state Supreme Court, which will review the signature counts and, if it signs off, there will then be a 10-day process in which members of the public can challenge the validity of the petitions.
But Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said in a June letter that August 29—a week from Monday—is the deadline to formally certify measures for the ballot, according to Tulsa World. Even so, officials would need to receive a gubernatorial proclamation of ballot status by no later than 5 PM this Friday.
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