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COLUMBUS, OHIO — Deep-pocketed investors in an Ohio marijuana legalization campaign this fall have been the focus of debate over Tuesday's Issue 3.
Roughly two dozen known individuals — and an indeterminate number of others — will have exclusive rights to 10 initial growing sites located across the state. Among them are an Olympic gold medalist, a former boy band star, a fashion designer and the descendant of a president.
The pro-legalization ResponsibleOhio campaign has argued it was necessary to provide investors a monetary guarantee in order to raise the cash needed to mount an expensive statewide ballot campaign.
Opponents say the arrangement amounts to an economic monopoly designed for personal gain. State legislators placed a proposal banning monopolies from Ohio's constitution on Tuesday's ballot that's intended to nullify marijuana legalization if passed.
Here is a look at donors whose names were released by the campaign:
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