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Facing a Feb. 1 deadline, supporters of a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana have topped 500,000 valid petition signatures submitted to the state. As of Monday morning, the group "People United for Medical Marijuana" had submitted 523,168 valid signatures, according to the state...

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...

A DeSoto County woman's push for a ballot initiative legalizing marijuana in Mississippi has fallen far short of the required number of petition signatures. But Kelly Jacobs says she considers the effort a good first step toward change. Tuesday was the deadline for gathering approximately...

A Lansing-based group collecting signatures to get a marijuana-legalization question on statewide ballots next year says it's extending its petition campaign past a previous deadline of Dec. 21 that its leaders had set. "For a variety of reasons, MILegalize is extending its campaign,"...

The effort to legalize a wider use of medical marijuana in Florida has a lot of support, an Orlando Business Journal poll found. In the unscientific poll, "Will you vote for or against medical marijuana in November 2016?" 91.5 percent of the 473 responses said, "I will vote for broadening...

The effort to legalize a wider use of medical marijuana in Florida has a lot of support, an Orlando Business Journal poll found. In the unscientific poll, "Will you vote for or against medical marijuana in November 2016?" 91.5 percent of the 473 responses said, "I will vote for broadening...

Green the Vote has been gathering signatures for a petition in the Sand Springs area and across the state to add an article to the Oklahoma Constitution to allow marijuana use if prescribed by a doctor. The measure would allow licensed growers to sell marijuana to licensed dispensaries and...

Green the Vote has been gathering signatures for a petition in the Sand Springs area and across the state to add an article to the Oklahoma Constitution to allow marijuana use if prescribed by a doctor. The measure would allow licensed growers to sell marijuana to licensed dispensaries and...

United for Care has collected 900,000 signatures to put medical marijuana in front of voters in 2016, according to figures released Tuesday. “It appears we have more signatures than is required,” said Matt Morgan with the Morgan law firm, which has been backing the campaign. United for Care...

United for Care has collected 900,000 signatures to put medical marijuana in front of voters in 2016, according to figures released Tuesday. “It appears we have more signatures than is required,” said Matt Morgan with the Morgan law firm, which has been backing the campaign. United for Care...

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...

Supporters of a proposed ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana in North Dakota hope to start collecting petition signatures next week, the chairman of the sponsoring committee said. Rilie Ray Morgan of Fargo said the corrected version of the petition was expected to be sent by overnight...

Supporters of a proposed ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana in North Dakota hope to start collecting petition signatures next week, the chairman of the sponsoring committee said. Rilie Ray Morgan of Fargo said the corrected version of the petition was expected to be sent by overnight...

The Florida Supreme Court has canceled the December 8 oral arguments regarding a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize medical marijuana after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that her office would not be challenging the measure. After coming two percentage points shy of...

The Florida Supreme Court has canceled the December 8 oral arguments regarding a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize medical marijuana after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that her office would not be challenging the measure. After coming two percentage points shy of...