There’s one thing every voter in Ohio can agree on this Election Day: Michigan is the worst.
With the Buckeyes and Wolverines apparently on a collision course for another rivalry game with a trip to the Big Ten championship game on the line and Michigan embroiled in an ever-expanding cheating controversy, tensions between the neighboring states are as high as ever. One group is hoping to use Ohio’s hatred of its neighbors to the north to influence voters on Tuesday.
“They stole our signals, and they’re taking our tax dollars,” an ad from the Ohio Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol reads.
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The group’s ad encourages citizens to vote in favor of the ballot initiative known as Issue 2 that would legalize adult-use recreational marijuana in Ohio. Cannabis has been legal in Michigan since 2018, and the ad claims that thousands of Ohio residents make the trip to “that state up north” each year to purchase legal cannabis, with the resulting tax revenue benefiting Michigan rather than the Buckeye State.
Polling shows that a majority of Ohioans are in favor of legalizing marijuana. For anyone who’s still undecided, sticking it to Michigan might be a great incentive to vote “yes.”
