On July 5, 2023, signatures were submitted for a marijuana legalization initiative that may appear on the ballot for Ohio voters in November. If the measure appears on the ballot and voters approve it, Ohio will join 23 states that have already legalized marijuana—including 14 of those states and D.C. that have legalized marijuana through the ballot measure process.
The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, the campaign supporting the initiative, submitted 222,198 signatures to the secretary of state’s office. If 124,046 signatures are found to be valid, the initiative will appear on the Ohio ballot on Nov. 7, 2023.
This is the second round of signatures submitted for this measure. In order for an indirect initiated state statute to be placed on the ballot in Ohio, two rounds of 124,046 valid signatures are needed. This means that a measure needs a total of 249,092 valid signatures, which also includes the initial round of 1,000 signatures needed to file the proposal.
