The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, the campaign supporting a marijuana legalization initiative in Ohio, submitted an additional round of 6,545 signatures to the secretary of state on Aug. 3, 2023. If enough valid signatures are found, this would qualify the initiative for the Nov. 7, 2023, ballot in Ohio. The initiative needs at least 679 valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. That means 10.4% of the new signatures need to be found valid.
Last month, the coalition submitted 222,198 signatures to the secretary of state’s office on July 5, 2023. The initiative needed 124,046 valid signatures to qualify for the ballot, but 123,367 signatures were found to be valid by the secretary of state on July 25—meaning the campaign was short by 679 signatures. In Ohio, there is a 10-day period, known as a cure period, to submit an additional round of signatures if an initiative falls short of valid signatures.
The newest submitted signatures will need to be verified by the county board of elections over the next eight days.
