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Signature count comes up short for recreational marijuana petition, Oklahoma secretary of state says
Signature count comes up short for recreational marijuana petition, secretary of state says
Staff reports 36 min ago
A constitutional question seeking to legalize recreational marijuana has failed to collect enough signatures to be put on a ballot.
The Secretary of State’s office counted a total of 102,814 for proposed State Question 797, which would have let voters decide whether to enshrine legal recreational marijuana in Oklahoma's constitution. Green the Vote, the group circulating the petition, sought a law that would be untouchable by the Legislature.
The group's initiative required 123,725 signatures, 15 percent of the total number of ballots cast in the 2014 gubernatorial election.
According to a report from Secretary of State James Williamson, more than 100 signature sheets were not included in the physical count due to problems such as missing information, wrong-size paper and incorrect petition cover sheets. About 2,600 signatures were discounted because of those problems.
This story will be updated. Check tulsaworld.com for more.
Staff reports 36 min ago
A constitutional question seeking to legalize recreational marijuana has failed to collect enough signatures to be put on a ballot.
The Secretary of State’s office counted a total of 102,814 for proposed State Question 797, which would have let voters decide whether to enshrine legal recreational marijuana in Oklahoma's constitution. Green the Vote, the group circulating the petition, sought a law that would be untouchable by the Legislature.
The group's initiative required 123,725 signatures, 15 percent of the total number of ballots cast in the 2014 gubernatorial election.
According to a report from Secretary of State James Williamson, more than 100 signature sheets were not included in the physical count due to problems such as missing information, wrong-size paper and incorrect petition cover sheets. About 2,600 signatures were discounted because of those problems.
This story will be updated. Check tulsaworld.com for more.
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