Articles tagged with "Election 2018"

County commissioners voted unanimously to put the advisory referendum on the ballot. It could help state lawmakers decide whether to push state legislation.

Gov. Mary Fallin says voters will be asked to decide the issue during the primary election in June or the November general election.

Proponents would need to gather and submit at least 13,452 valid signatures to get a proposed measure on the 2018 ballot.

Adults 21 and older could possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis and grow up to 12 plants at home. A 10% tax would be assessed.

There have been small signs of movement in the Legislature. A bipartisan bill introduced this year would have loosened penalties for possessing cannabis.

Michigan will be one of the select US states with cannabis on the ballot next month, as two separate proposals make their way to voters on Nov. 7.

Most of this year’s cannabis-related politicking involves laying the groundwork for 2018, when at least a half-dozen medical and adult-use measures may go up for a vote.

Activists tired of waiting for Utah’s conservative Legislature to pass a broad medical cannabis law launched an effort to ask voters to pass the law.

Supporters of a pair of ballot measures that would legalize medical and recreational cannabis in South Dakota plan to launch their push Saturday to get on the ballot in 2018.