COLUMBUS, Ohio – For the second time this week, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has turned away an attempt to get a measure on the ballot that would legalize marijuana use in the state.
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DeWine Wednesday rejected the petition for the proposed End Ohio Cannabis Prohibition Act of a lack of valid signatures.
On Monday, he turned down the petition for ResponsibleOhio, a separate group proposing a for-profit system for personal and medical use of marijuana.
The supporters of the proposed constitutional amendment, Responsible Ohioans for Cannabis, needed to collect 1,000 petition signatures from Ohio registered voters but county boards of elections reported to DeWine’s office they had received only 883 valid signatures.