FARGO — A group that pushed for the legalization of marijuana last year plans to submit a second petition this week in an attempt to get the issue on the ballot in 2020.
David Owen, the leader of Legalize ND, said the petition that would allow his group to collect signatures could be submitted to the Secretary of State Office Monday, Dec. 2, or Tuesday, Dec. 3. If approved, the organization would have to gather 13,452 signatures by July 6 to put it on the ballot for the 2020 general election.
“Signatures won’t be a problem,” he said.
Nearly 60 percent of North Dakotans who cast their ballots last year voted against the group’s measure to legalize marijuana. Some said the language in the proposal was too vague.
This year’s petition is 37 pages long and is more specific. The statutory initiated measure that would change North Dakota Century Code would allow anyone who is at least 21 years old to possess up to 2 ounces of recreational marijuana, require the drug to be purchased from a licensed and state-regulated facility and expunge “low-level marijuana and paraphernalia possession charges from criminal records.”
Residents would not be allowed to grow their own marijuana, use it in a public place or have it in the passenger area of a vehicle.
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