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The California campaign to legalize recreational marijuana filed a lawsuit Thursday in Sacramento Superior Court asking a judge to disallow several of what it deems false or misleading statements submitted by opponents as their official ballot arguments. Ballot arguments, which appear in the...

The sponsor of a medical marijuana ballot measure is asking the courts to overturn the secretary of state's rejection of the initiative for the ballot. A spokesman for the office said Tuesday the lawsuit is under review. Backers are seeking to get the initiated measure on the November ballot...

The sponsor of a medical marijuana ballot measure is asking the courts to overturn the secretary of state's rejection of the initiative for the ballot. A spokesman for the office said Tuesday the lawsuit is under review. Backers are seeking to get the initiated measure on the November ballot...

Supporters of a ballot measure aimed at legalizing small amounts of marijuana for medical use filed a complaint Tuesday claiming the South Dakota Secretary of State's office didn't do enough to prove petition signatures were illegitimate before disqualifying the measure. Melissa Mentele...

Residents of the city of Logan will have a familiar choice to make this November, on whether to decriminalize marijuana within the city limits. The group Sensible Logan has again gained the amount of signatures needed to place the initiative on the ballot, according to Don Keeney, who leads...

Portland, Maine - Advocates for the legalization of possession and recreational use marijuana will be opening a campaign headquarters in Portland ahead of the November ballot. The office will open at 640 Brighton Avenue on Thursday evening. Question One on the November 2016 ballot will read...

Cambridge The two democratic candidates vying for the state representative seat in the 26th Middlesex District have similar views, often agreeing on the major issues, but in a debate at CCTV on July 21, the candidates argued and disagreed on the legalization of marijuana. Longtime...

Los Angeles - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted today to rescind last week's vote to put a marijuana tax on the November ballot to fund the fight against homelessness. Supervisor Sheila Kuehl recommended backing away from the tax proposal, saying she was concerned by a lack of...

Lincoln, Nebraska - Those not happy with their choices for president this November could find another option on the Nebraska ballot: the Marijuana Party. The Nebraska Secretary of State's office said Friday that the Marijuana Party of Nebraska turned in about 9,000 petition signatures this...

Oklahoma City - Supporters of a state question to legalize medical marijuana will start paying petition circulators, compensating them should the proposal make it to the Nov. 8 ballot. Chip Paul, co-chair of Oklahomans for Health, said Tuesday the organization recently decided to pay $1 per...

Oklahoma City - Supporters of a state question to legalize medical marijuana will start paying petition circulators, compensating them should the proposal make it to the Nov. 8 ballot. Chip Paul, co-chair of Oklahomans for Health, said Tuesday the organization recently decided to pay $1 per...

Salinas, California Monterey County Supervisors moved forward Tuesday with plans to place a tax on commercial cannabis operations in unincorporated areas of the county on the November 8 ballot. Supervisors also adopted changes to county code that would require an annual permit for commercial...

The Sacramento City Council will vote Tuesday on a potential ballot measure that would raise taxes for recreational marijuana shops. If approved by council, the ballot measure will be put before voters in November. The ballot measure would give city council the ability to place a business...

Phoenix - Besides choosing our next president, voters in Arizona may have to decide whether to legalize the recreational use of a marijuana. That's if election officials find that pro-pot group the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol submitted enough valid signatures on its petition to...

At a board meeting held on Saturday, February 20th in Washington, DC, the NORML Board of Directors voted to endorse the Arizona Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act initiative to legalize marijuana in Arizona. That initiative has now officially qualified for the ballot in November. The...

With interest in topics like "marijuana" and "cannabis" hitting all-time high levels according to Google Trends, nine states in the U.S. will vote on marijuana measures in the world's most important general election Nov. 8, according to the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Voters in...

The Republican platform committee rejects medical marijuana, medical marijuana research issues get a hearing in the Senate, Arkansas will vote on at least one medical marijuana initiative this Fall - maybe 2 - and more. NationalOn Monday, the GOP rejected a medical marijuana platform plank...

The Republican platform committee rejects medical marijuana, medical marijuana research issues get a hearing in the Senate, Arkansas will vote on at least one medical marijuana initiative this Fall - maybe 2 - and more. NationalOn Monday, the GOP rejected a medical marijuana platform plank...

The Republican platform committee rejects medical marijuana, medical marijuana research issues get a hearing in the Senate, Arkansas will vote on at least one medical marijuana initiative this fall - maybe two, and more. National On Monday, the GOP rejected a medical marijuana platform...

The Republican platform committee rejects medical marijuana, medical marijuana research issues get a hearing in the Senate, Arkansas will vote on at least one medical marijuana initiative this fall - maybe two, and more. National On Monday, the GOP rejected a medical marijuana platform...