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Voters won't get the chance — at least not this year — to decide whether medical marijuana should be legal in Wyoming. The Wyoming chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws confirmed Monday that the group will fall thousands of signatures short of getting the...

The group trying to get voters to decide whether to legalize medical marijuana in Wyoming will fall short of the state's requirements to get the question on the 2016 ballot. A spokeswoman with Wyoming chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws confirmed Monday that...

Ohio's legislative leaders have a task force and are holding public meetings to study the possibility of allowing some sort of medical marijuana here. Regardless of what they do, a national group plans to put a medical marijuana plan before voters this fall. The Marijuana Policy Project has...

A major national player in the marijuana legalization movement plans to put an Ohio medical marijuana measure on the November ballot. Marijuana Policy Project, based in Washington D.C., plans to propose a constitutional amendment establishing a medical marijuana system similar to those in 23...

Arkansas' attorney general has now rejected seven marijuana ballot titles since taking office, the latest one on Wednesday. Little Rock Attorney David Couch, who filed two of them, plans to file an amended version next week. Most of the reasons given by Attorney General Leslie Rutledge for...

A proposal to legalize marijuana in Arizona is on track to qualify for the ballot as the state joins a growing movement looking to loosen pot laws around the country in the November elections. A spokesman for Arizona's leading recreational marijuana initiative said the measure has already...

Backers of an effort legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts made their pitch to State House lawmakers on Wednesday, offering them a chance to avoid the question appearing on the 2016 statewide ballot. State House lawmakers can act on proposed legislation to legalize marijuana, or they can keep...

Seven proposed ballot questions have enough signatures to move closer to a spot on the 2016 ballot, Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin's office confirmed Friday. Voters in 2016 may have a chance to decide whether Massachusetts should legalize recreational marijuana, license a new...

Mississippi's initiative and referendum process came of age in 2015 and saw almost every eventuality tested in the political process. In particular, the process was tested on Initiative 42 and Initiative 48. Initiative 42 sought to put "adequate and efficient" public school funding in the...

With just over five weeks until the deadline, Carrie Satterwhite, public relations director for the Wyoming chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) says the Board of Directors has talked about focusing instead on the 2018 ballot. "We did discuss that we...

Michigan election officials have approved the format of a petition for a third marijuana-related ballot initiative. The initiative would amend the Michigan Constitution to legalize cannabis for personal, recreational, commercial, agricultural and other uses. The definition of use includes...

As pot legalization gains momentum across the country, more states are looking to let either lawmakers or voters decide on cannabis on the 2016 ballot. Four states and Washington, D.C., have passed legislation to permit recreational marijuana entirely, and others are gearing up to consider...

A petition to put medical marijuana in the constitution was scheduled to have oral arguments before the Florida Supreme Court today, but those arguments were canceled. The Florida Supreme Court is examining if a medical marijuana constitutional amendment is clear enough to be put on the...

In the Northwest corner of the United States, marijuana is either legal (Oregon, Washington) or at least accepted for medical purposes (Montana). Since politicians in Idaho seem reluctant to "follow the wave," a grassroots group called New Approach Idaho (NIA) is proposing to allow medical...

In the Northwest corner of the United States, marijuana is either legal (Oregon, Washington) or at least accepted for medical purposes (Montana). Since politicians in Idaho seem reluctant to "follow the wave," a grassroots group called New Approach Idaho (NIA) is proposing to allow medical...

ackers of a proposed medical marijuana ballot measure can begin gathering signatures Monday following approval of petition language by the North Dakota Secretary of State. Secretary of State Al Jaeger informed the media by email late Monday afternoon that the petition language had been...

Voters could see four different ballot measures regulating marijuana next year. After Thursday's Medford City Council meetings, the ban against both recreational and medicinal marijuana grows within the city limits was split into two different measures for a future vote. The other two ballot...

With almost a year left until Election Day 2016, a slew of proposals to legalize marijuana are already being floated in California, ushering in a referendum not just on whether to legalize pot in the world's eighth largest economy, but how. "A lot of money is going to be spent and it's going...

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How would one go about putting "legalizing medical marijuana" on the ballot in Ohio? What would be the best way going about it; copying from the California/Colorado laws?