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ResponsibleOhio: Pro-marijuana group, Husted's office disagree on signature discrepancy

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 08:45

Depending on who you talk to, a shortfall of nearly 30,000 signatures on a marijuana legalization petition was due either to bad math or mistakes by elections officials.

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted’s office contends it counted every signature submitted on a marijuana legalization petition, but that ResponsibleOhio made a big math mistake, turning in 35,083 fewer signatures than it claimed for a total of 660,190.

Ian James, executive director of ResponsibleOhio, countered that his organization kept a digital record of all 695,273 signatures submitted and that elections officials in some of the 88 counties erred by failing to review and count all the names.

“We are able to show not only signatures that were not checked, but in which booklets and which counties,” James said. “This isn’t about math. It’s about process.”

James’ organization will file a challenge with the Ohio Supreme Court over the signature...

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