Posted in Ballot Initiative News on May 15th, 2015
Ohio Auditor David Yost presented a proposal to the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission’s Revisions and Updating Committee to prohibit initiative petitions (proposals to amend the Ohio Constitution) that confer a benefit only to an individual or group of individuals. The proposal is a response to marijuana initiative petitions, namely, ResponsibleOhio’s initiative and Better for Ohio ‘s […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on May 8th, 2015
After an initial rejection by the Ohio Attorney General, Better for Ohio resubmitted their proposed initiative to legalize marijuana. The second attempt, entitled “Legalize Marijuana and Hemp in Ohio Initiative Petition “ was certified by the Ohio Attorney General as containing a fair and truthful summary of the proposed amendment to the Ohio Constitution. Better […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Apr 27th, 2015
A new initiative petition to amend the Ohio Constitution to legalize marijuana was rejected by the Ohio Attorney General on April 24, 2015. The petition, called “Legalize Marijuana in Ohio” was proposed by the group Better for Ohio. The Attorney General found the summary of the proposed amendment was not fair and truthful. Specifically, the proposal […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Mar 16th, 2015
The Marijuana Legalization Amendment, submitted by ResponsibleOhio,was certified by the Ohio Attorney General. This is the marijuana amendment proposing ten designated growing areas owned by campaign investors. Next, the proposed amendment goes to the Ohio Ballot Board, to determine whether the amendment contains a single issue or multiple issues. If it passes muster, ResponsibleOhio […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Mar 4th, 2015
ResponsibleOhio filed revised a Marijuana Legalization Amendment Initiative Petition (PDF) with the Ohio Attorney General. The Attorney General rejected the group’s previously submitted amendment, finding that the summary was not a fair and truthful representation of the proposed amendment. ResponsibleOhio planned to file revised language anyway, to allow adults to grow a limited number of […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Feb 26th, 2015
The Ohio Attorney General rejected the proposed constitutional amendment entitled “End Ohio Cannabis Prohibition Act” for lack of signatures. Responsible Ohioans for Cannabis plans to collect more signatures and resubmit the language. See Cleveland.com, Second marijuana legalization proposal rejected by Ohio attorney general. For more on this proposal, see our prior post, Latest Marijuana Initiative […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Feb 24th, 2015
Responsible Ohioans for Cannabis filed their proposal for marijuana legalization with the Attorney General on February 17, 2015. They propose to amend the Ohio Constitution to: Allow adults over 18 to possess up to 99 plants and 99 kilograms of marijuana for personal use, without a commercial license. Prohibit testing for cannabis metabolites as a […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Feb 18th, 2015
According to the Toledo Blade, ResponsibleOhio says it will draft new ballot language allowing for individuals to grow their own marijuana. See Marijuana backers seek to allow private growing. So the ballot language ResponsibleOhio submitted on February 12 will be replaced.
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Feb 17th, 2015
ResponsibleOhio filed ballot language with the Ohio Attorney General for its proposal to legalize marijuana, limiting growing sites to ten areas. The Ohio Attorney General must certify that it is a fair and truthful statement of the proposed amendment. AG action is due on Feb. 23, 2015. For our prior posts dealing with marijuana legalization, […]
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Posted in Ballot Initiative News on Jan 31st, 2015
ResponsibleOhio revealed the names of the ten investors who would receive rights to ten marijuana growing sites under the group’s proposal to legalize marijuana. See Cleveland.com, Ohio marijuana legalization investors include Frostee Rucker, Oscar Robertson. The group responded to criticism that their proposal creates a monopoly by saying their plan, “allows thousands of entrepreneurs to […]
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